> you can’t really static link to it from a closed source program This is false. You can static link as long as you follow https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq

> you can’t really static link to it from a closed source program This is false. You can static link as long as you follow https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#LGPLStaticVsDynamic https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#LGPLStaticVsDynami... Additionally, LGPL3 can be tweaked to add an exception to allow unrestricted static linking. This is like... exactly what ZeroMQ did.