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Requirement to statically link against CDDL elements, which is still not permitted by the LGPL.
by synchronise 13y ago
Requirement to statically link against CDDL elements, which is still not permitted by the LGPL.
- kmacleod 13y agoLGPL allows for static linking. The distributor need only be able provide the binary library elements necessary to re-link the LGPL library against. OpenIndiana already provides those. In other contexts, it wouldn't even matter if they were wholly closed-source binary libraries as long as they can be re-linked against. (Aside as an example, in our case of an embedded system, our lawyer has cleared us to do exactly this: link a LGPL'd source file against our proprietary application as long as we provide the ability to re-compile and re-link the LGPL'd source file against our code, delivered as a library.) Also, the GPL'd portions linking against the CDDL system libraries (as all the other GPL'd packages do) fall under the system library exception.