Re: License question regarding static linking

2010-10-12 Thread David Schwartz
On 10/6/2010 10:24 PM, Pierre DELAAGE wrote: I cannit answer to all the point but at least I can comment the redistribution one : To my point of view, a static linking is NOT a redistribution, just because the liked library is not usable by the end user. It most certainly is a re-distribution.

Re: License question regarding static linking

2010-10-06 Thread Pierre DELAAGE
I cannit answer to all the point but at least I can comment the redistribution one : To my point of view, a static linking is NOT a redistribution, just because the liked library is not usable by the end user. To an extreme extent, the end user is not necessarily aware that the product contains a

License question regarding static linking

2010-10-06 Thread Tristan Schmelcher
I work on a proprietary Linux application that dynamically links to OpenSSL for some cryptographic features (www.google.com/chat/video) and I am considering switching to static linking in order to get around OpenSSL ABI compatibility issues across different Linux distributions/versions. Before doin