RE: [Opencxx-users] Re: License issues

[Grzegorz J. <ja...@he...>]

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Stefan Seefeld wrote:

> > From: Grzegorz Jakacki [please don't expose my e-mail to spammers]
> > Sent: September 27, 2004 04:29
>
> > I don't understand what you are challenging. Clients have to
> > fulfill certain
> > obligations if they link against LGPL-ed library:
>
> [...]
>
>
> > Section 6:
>
> yes, that's exactly the point. As long as you fulfill these
> obligations you are fine. Do you see any problems with section 6 ?
[...]

Yes. Those obligations are an obstacle if you want to link commercial
software against LGPL-ed library. This is one of the reasons why Boost
rejects LGPL-ed source code:

  Commercial use is only permited for the binaries produced from LGPL source
  in a very restricted form. The end user must be permited to reproduce the
  binary form.[1]

BR
Grzegorz

[1] http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Boost_License/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License_-_LGPL
    Legal analysis of the LGPL provided by Berkman Center for Internet &
    Society, Harvard Law School for Boost.

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