RE: AW: License proposal

Barr Bill P <[email protected]> Wed, 7 Jan 2004 15:01:51 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.enhydra.barracuda.general
Message-ID <D9116729BD51D711BE170004AC23D55B03B13245@nct0010mb09.nc.no.irs.gov>
This is how I understand LGPL. I'm not a lawyer, but this is how a lawyer
explained it to me:

With GPL, if you use a GPL library in a commercial product, you MUST ship
the source of the original library along with the source of all your
modifications PLUS the sources of all the proprietary code using the
library.

With LGPL, you must ship the source of the original library, you have the
option of shipping your modifications/extensions to the library and you do
not have to ship the source of any proprietary code just using the library.

The moral of the story is, if you plan to use any GPL libraries at all, you
must ship all your sources.