Re: [xmlvm-users] status and (L)GPL

[Thorsten S. <co...@pa...>]

> I'm not sure I understand your question. The "L" in L-GPL is similar in
> nature to the Classpath Exception. You can write your own application
> with XMLVM without having to license your application under the GPL (and
> therefore keeping your application proprietary). If you make
> modifications to XMLVM, you have to contribute those back to the community.

Thanks for your response. Yes, I figured that was the intention. But 
what worries me is that the LGPL talks about allowing the user to modify 
the app by replacing the LGPL library part with his or her customized 
version. Or something like that, the text is not exactly easy to read 
for me. Please have a look:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
Section 4d

If my rough interpretation above is correct, then I do not see how any 
user, even with developer knowledge, would be able to modify a 
distributed iPhone app (as one example) and be able to continue to use it.

Best regards,
Thorsten.