Re: FreeGPL license proposal (was Re: Linus Speaks About
William Henning (bhenning@door2net.com)
Sun, 19 Jul 1998 15:23:41 -0700
At 04:30 PM 7/18/98 -0600, Richard Stallman wrote:
> We are releasing development libraries, not entire programs...
> The Mozilla license fit the bill for us perfectly.
>
>Using an LGPL-covered library can't really be impossibly painful for
>business, since all the companies that link proprietary programs for
>GNU/Linux have done it. They all use GNU libc, which is covered by
>the LGPL.
My understanding is that the terms of the LGPL are satisfied as long as
LGPL libraries are dynamically linked to proprietary code - am I correct?
This seems to be implied by the availability of commercial software.
Regards,
Bill Henning
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