Re: Use libcddb in my Cocoa App
Re: Use libcddb in my Cocoa App
- Subject: Re: Use libcddb in my Cocoa App
- From: "Alastair J.Houghton" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:16:53 +0100
On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 12:01 am, Sherm Pendley wrote:
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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.
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If you distribute an app that's statically linked against a LGPL'd
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library, users of your app must be able to modify the library and
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re-link your app to use their modified version. That's certainly
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possible, but it's a pain - you'd need to provide linkable object
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files for your app, along with whatever make files and other tools are
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needed to re-link it.
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So yes, according to the letter of the license, it's possible to
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comply with its terms while statically linking against a LGPL'd
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library. However, doing so is such an inconvenience that linking
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against a dynamic copy of the library is really the only practical
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choice.
True. You only need to provide such materials on demand (as per 6.(c)),
however, rather than having to ship them with your program, but you're
right, it's still potentially a pain.
Alastair.
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