On 8/25/2010 5:59 AM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> There is no such thing as 'the LGPL', and it matters which version.
> Version 2.1 (which seems the relevant version) requires you to
> distribute source code in its clause 4, and so does LGPL-3.
>
> But note that similar requirements (from GPL-3) already apply to
> libstdc++.dll: see e.g. this thread
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2004-06/msg01123.html

(I am not a lawyer.) libgcc and libstdc++ both bear additional exception 
clauses that, under any but the most strict reading, allow you to 
redistribute the DLL under your own terms (e.g. without source code).

-John E. / TDM

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