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Re: gEDA-user: firmware and the GPL license
On Nov 15, 2007 5:36 PM, DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Now, if you shipped a proprietary application that used the Lesstif
> widget set, and you shipped the Lesstif libraries too, you'd be in
> trouble. (You'd have to imagine that Lesstif wasn't already included
> in most Linux distros, but say you shipped it for some OS that didn't
> have Lesstif or Motif already, like Windows.)
As an LGPL'ed program, Lesstif is fully capable of linking against a
proprietary program, and even being shipped with it. The only thing
is that source for Lesstif must accompany the distribution (by
reference or by inclusion). That's how I understand LGPL.
--
Samuel A. Falvo II
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