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> This might work for ECL which is build as a shared library. But what if e.g. an SBCL user wants to use a LGPL Lisp library? If you had read the post you'd ha

> This might work for ECL which is build as a shared library. But what if e.g. an SBCL user wants to use a LGPL Lisp library? If you had read the post you'd have my answer to that question. There is no need to spread fear and uncertainty about LGPL and other copyleft licenses, I've seen too much of that over last few years (and I have a strong intuition that it is not an accident). P.S. "are you a lawyer?" argument is very cheap (and often happening on threads about copyleft licenses) given it is HackerNews not LawyerNews -- I know of lawyers working for corporations who say that they wouldn't touch anything with GPL in the license name with a five-meter pole (not knowing a difference between LGPL, GPL and AGPL) -- there goes your "in-depth legal analysis". Same lawyers doesn't bat an eye when they give a green light for eula-crippled code from their "technical partners". Cargo cult is present everywhere, not only in software development.

_ph_ 7y ago
If you had read the post you'd have my answer to that question. I have read your post, and just reread it, and I don't see where you answer that question. How does an SBCL user deploy a program with an LGPL library so that the reciever of the program can relink it as required by the license. P.S. "are you a lawyer?" argument is very cheap I used this question on a post where the poster just makes a claim, not supporting it by any reasoning or linking to supporting documents. The question must be allowed how he justifies his statement. So for legal questions, this would be: are you a lawyer? as I would ask a random poster making definitely medical statements: are you a doctor? And yes, I know, beeing a lawyer per se doesn't guarantee a correct evaluation, I have worked with far too many corporate lawyers, which are usually not experts on open source licenses. But I also had no doubts on the competence of those, who looked into the details of the licenses in question. I have been able to get their OK on LLGPL software for example, though GPL is of course limited to very isolated usages.

_ph_ 7y ago

If you had read the post you'd have my answer to that question. I have read your post, and just reread it, and I don't see where you answer that question. How does an SBCL user deploy a program with an LGPL library so that the reciever of the program can relink it as required by the license. P.S. "are you a lawyer?" argument is very cheap I used this question on a post where the poster just makes a claim, not supporting it by any reasoning or linking to supporting documents. The question must be allowed how he justifies his statement. So for legal questions, this would be: are you a lawyer? as I would ask a random poster making definitely medical statements: are you a doctor? And yes, I know, beeing a lawyer per se doesn't guarantee a correct evaluation, I have worked with far too many corporate lawyers, which are usually not experts on open source licenses. But I also had no doubts on the competence of those, who looked into the details of the licenses in question. I have been able to get their OK on LLGPL software for example, though GPL is of course limited to very isolated usages.