They may have clarified it then. I am only going by what problems I knew came up many many many years ago, ie., early 90s.
Another good example of why lawyers are a good idea. We all often go based on possibly out of date recollections. :-) Graham On Tuesday, December 14, 2010 2:03:59 PM UTC+11, Branko Vukelic wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 2:15 AM, Graham Dumpleton > <graham.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > > it being a part of the library. Thus technically the template code may be > > construed as ending up as part of your application. > > FSF specifically allows this in LGPL, if I'm not mistaken: > > "The object code form of an Application may incorporate material from > a header file that is part of the Library. You may convey such object > code under terms of your choice, provided that, if the incorporated > material is not limited to numerical parameters, data structure > layouts and accessors, or small macros, inline functions and templates > (ten or fewer lines in length), you do both of the following: > > a) Give prominent notice with each copy of the object code that the > Library is used in it and that the Library and its use are > covered by this License. > > b) Accompany the object code with a copy of the GNU GPL and this license > document." > > > -- > Branko Vukelić > > bg.b...@gmail.com > stu...@brankovukelic.com > > Check out my blog: http://www.brankovukelic.com/ > Check out my portfolio: http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxbunny/ > Registered Linux user #438078 (http://counter.li.org/) > I hang out on identi.ca: http://identi.ca/foxbunny > > Gimp Brushmakers Guild > http://bit.ly/gbg-group > >