Re: Use libcddb in my Cocoa App
Re: Use libcddb in my Cocoa App
- Subject: Re: Use libcddb in my Cocoa App
- From: sinclair44 <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 18:34:17 -0400
On 6/22/03 6:22 PM, "Alastair J.Houghton" <email@hidden> wrote:
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On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 10:07 pm, Sherm Pendley wrote:
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> BTW, are you aware of the implications of statically linking a LGPL'd
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> library into your app? You have to GPL your app if you do that, where
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> if you linked it against a shared copy of the library, you wouldn't
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> have to.
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I don't think Sherm was quite right here. As I understand it, the FSF
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take the viewpoint that there is no distinction in law between dynamic
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and static linking. The actual state of affairs is that you can freely
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use LGPL'd code in your application without the application being under
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the terms of the GPL, however you cannot use GPL'd code. That's the
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difference between the two, and it applies whether the linking is
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static or dynamic.
A related question: if you statically link with GPL'd code, can you release
your code under the LGPL? (I'm not proficient enough in legalese to read the
license :p)
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