It really blew my mind when Andre Pang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Are you going to allow the JACK library to be statically linked if > it's LGPLed? You can use an LGPLed library in your own program if > it's dynamically linked, but you're not allowed to statically link > it since it's considered a derivative work. (Or something like > that :).
Yep, thats pretty much the case. > I have a feeling that non-free software will _want_ to statically > link things in just to avoid problems with installing the library > separately, etc etc. I faced exactly the same problem with libsndfile. My approach was that if they want to link statically to libsndfile they can go and get fscked. Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ "When your hammer is C++, everything begins to look like a thumb." -- Steve Hoflich in comp.lang.c++
