From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 29 04:31:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA04930 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 04:31:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA04777 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 04:31:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA20694; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:29:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id NAA28247; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:29:52 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980929132952.40372@follo.net> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:29:52 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: Wes Peters Cc: Nicholas Charles Brawn , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LGPL confusion References: <19980928142954.22124@follo.net> <36105F54.C89F7564@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <36105F54.C89F7564@softweyr.com>; from Wes Peters on Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 10:17:24PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 10:17:24PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > Eivind Eklund wrote: > > Shared library technology does probably not release you from the > > requirement to release object files. > > If you distribute GTK itself as a shared library, you have no need to > release your own object files, as a user could (theoretically) create > a new shared GTK library, fixing any problems and/or adding functionality > to GTK, and still use it with your program. This is not clear, given the present state of shared library technology. The FSF has (according to Terry) refused to come with a statement to this effect. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message