dual licensing for libbusybox
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Thu Mar 2 08:10:53 UTC 2006
In message <44066CD0.9010904 at netgate.com> you wrote:
>
> Just saying "linking" isn't clear. proprietary programs staticly
> linked against GPL licensed libraries will be considered a derived
> work. Those same programs *dynamically linked* against GPL licensed
> libraries are not. (Otherwise, Oracle would be 100% open source now.)
It makes zero differene whether you link statically or dynamically.
In both cases the application must be released under GPL. That's why
LGPL exists and is used for things likt the standard C / C++
libraries etc.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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