Re: [Plib-users] Closed source wuth PLIB?

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

Adam Courchesne wrote:
> I saw on the site that closed source applications that use PLIB are 
> permitted... but after reading the LGPL I can't see how this is the 
> case.  Sections 6 of the LGPL states that the code has to be made 
> avaliable to the user in one form or another... isn't that what open 
> source means?

That means the source of PLIB and any changes you might have made to
it...not to your application.  That's a crucial distinction

In order to use LGPL'ed code you have to make sure the end user can
re-link your application with new versions of PLIB.

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