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Too busy to accept help? I'm not complaining
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2006-04-20 18:33:56
Kalle Vahlman wrote:
>> The only "legal" difference of GPL and
LGPL is
>> that GPL insures derived sources remain open.
> 
> No. Sources will always remain open with LGPL too.
It's the combining
> and linking with non-free (in fact, any) licensed work
that LGPL
> allows (and GPL doesn't).

Which means sources are not open (those that are non free
that are 
allowed to link to LGPL), which was my point.
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Too busy to accept help? I'm not complaining
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2006-04-21 05:47:53
On 4/20/06, Lorn Potter <lpottertrolltech.com> wrote:
> Kalle Vahlman wrote:
> >> The only "legal" difference of GPL
and LGPL is
> >> that GPL insures derived sources remain open.
> >
> > No. Sources will always remain open with LGPL too.
It's the combining
> > and linking with non-free (in fact, any) licensed
work that LGPL
> > allows (and GPL doesn't).
>
> Which means sources are not open (those that are non
free that are
> allowed to link to LGPL), which was my point.

Sources _derived_ from LGPL code will be, which was the
fault in your
statement. Sources _combined_ with LGPL need not be,
naturally.

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