Re: Use libcddb in my Cocoa App
Re: Use libcddb in my Cocoa App
- Subject: Re: Use libcddb in my Cocoa App
- From: Sherm Pendley <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 19:01:01 -0400
On Sunday, June 22, 2003, at 06:22 PM, Alastair J.Houghton wrote:
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The actual state of affairs is that you can freely use LGPL'd code in
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your application without the application being under the terms of the
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GPL, however you cannot use GPL'd code. That's the difference between
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the two, and it applies whether the linking is static or dynamic.
If you distribute an app that's statically linked against a LGPL'd
library, users of your app must be able to modify the library and
re-link your app to use their modified version. That's certainly
possible, but it's a pain - you'd need to provide linkable object files
for your app, along with whatever make files and other tools are needed
to re-link it.
So yes, according to the letter of the license, it's possible to comply
with its terms while statically linking against a LGPL'd library.
However, doing so is such an inconvenience that linking against a
dynamic copy of the library is really the only practical choice.
sherm--
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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