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This is the standard for GPL licenses and your focus on this particular aspect of the license amounts to FUD. LGPL, GPL and many other copyleft licenses are in
by abetusk 7y ago
This is the standard for GPL licenses and your focus on this particular aspect of the license amounts to FUD. LGPL, GPL and many other copyleft licenses are in common usage across the ecosystem, including the Linux kernel.
From Wikipedia[1]:
"... The license allows developers and companies to use and integrate a software component released under the LGPL into their own (even proprietary) software without being required by the terms of a strong copyleft license to release the source code of their own components. ... "
" ... For proprietary software, code under the LGPL is usually used in the form of a shared library, so that there is a clear separation between the proprietary and LGPL components. ..."
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_Lice...
- greggman3 7y agoI am not spreading FUD and I am not dissing the license. FFmeg is great software. My only point is the standard build process for JavaScript versions will go against the license. If you just do the equivalent of npm install --save ffmpeg.js webpack You've may have just built something that must be LGPLed. That's a good thing to know so you can take steps to honor the license and either LGPL your stuff or keep ffmeg out of your build process and just link it at runtime as the license requires