Re: [sdcc-devel] GPL vs. LGPL

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On 28 Sep, Johan Knol wrote:
>> It looks to me like the runtime library for your sdcc package is covered
>> by GPL instead of LGPL.  I think this makes it problematic to use for an
>> embedded commercial 8051 product.  Is that intended?  Is there any
>> chance that at least the core runtime support might have its licensing
>> changed to LGPL, or have I misread the licensing comments in the source
>> kit?
> 
> I experienced a sort of unpleasant "deja vu" feeling while reading this, but
> could you be just a little bit more specific?
> 

Same here.

Is there a motive for the question?

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