On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:22:04 -0400 Dmitry Boyarintsev <skalogryz.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I know lots of developers don't like licensing questions, but I'll ask > anyway. > Is it intended that RTL is using LGPL v2.1 as its base, while LCL is using > an earlier verions LGPL v2? > > Yes, both RTL and LCL are using the same "exception" to the license, but > I'm just curious. > > One (not-so) important difference between LGPL v2.1 and LGPL v2 is section > 6.b) > In v2.1 it sort of implies usage of the library as dynamically > linked/loaded library rather than part of executable. > In v2 there's no such requirement at all. > > Be careful, your reply might be copy-pasted by me to this wiki page > http://wiki.freepascal.org/licensing For simplicity the LCL should use the same license as FCL/RTL. Can you extract the differences, so we can ask for permission from contributors? Mattias -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus