Hello, as far as I understand the LGPL, the library has to be linked in the way allowing exchanging its (compiled) code *without any changes* in the (compiled) application's code which uses it. So if you want your application to remain fully close source, you should link the library *dynamically*. Could any of the PoDoFo developers please confirm if I'm right? And if so, is the PoDoFo's dynamic linkage against a close source app enough to satisfy the LGPL?
-- Radek Am 05.10.2011 01:35, schrieb vtinos: > Thanks > > I've read the license again and I find my mistake. > > LGPL doesn't require us to make entire our work to be GPL > even if the library is statically linked against our code. > It just require us to distribute the source code or > compiled object files of our part of the work so that app's > users can modify or update (L)GPL'ed part of the application. > > For my purpose, this requirement is not easily acceptable.. > > On 2011/10/04, at 23:27, Dominik Seichter<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> We would of course commit patches for an iOS port to the PoDoFo SVN >> and we would welcome such work! >> >> I do not understand why you need a special linking exception? PoDoFo >> is licensed under the LGPL and this means all changes to PoDoFo must >> be licensed unter the LGPL again. But you are free to choose the >> license you want for your own code! >> >> Regards, >> Dominik >> >> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 4:17 PM, vtinos<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Bull, >>> >>> I once tried to port to iOS so that I can use it with my app, >>> but I stopped porting since nobody had replied to my message >>> asking to make Podofo dual license or add linking exception to >>> it's license. >>> >>> Bull, can you agree to current LGPL license which forces >>> you to make your work LGPL, to use Podofo? >>> >>> >>> On 2011/10/03, at 22:21, Halo Bull<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear podofo, >>>> >>>> I wanna ask a question which many users might be interesting, when could >>>> podofo support iOS version? >>>> >>>> Currently I'm trying to develop a pdf app on the iPhone, I went through >>>> the internet and found your product that met my needs. However, it doesn't >>>> have iOS version, I have been trying all the ways to cross compiling the >>>> codebase but failed. My question is >>>> >>>> do you have iOS version in BETA that could share with me, or could you pls >>>> help me to compile iOS version? (since I'm not good at compiling tech) >>>> >>>> thanks so much! >>>> >>>> Halobull >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a >>>> definitive record of customers, application performance, security >>>> threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes >>>> sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. >>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Podofo-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/podofo-users >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a >>> definitive record of customers, application performance, security >>> threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes >>> sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Podofo-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/podofo-users >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 > _______________________________________________ > Podofo-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/podofo-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ Podofo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/podofo-users
