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Re: Generic Linux / clib question

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On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 06:36:18PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:

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> The readline library is released under the full GPL, not the LGPL.  If
> you dynamically link it with a program, then you can only release that
> program under terms compatible with the GPL.  This is an intentional
> choice.
> 
> I don't know anything about those two programs, but if they aren't already
> being released under the GPL, I doubt Intel would choose to do it just to
> add readline support.

Nitpick: "...they aren't being released under a GPL compatible license and
the lawyers at Intel don't mind the linking result to become GPL".

Practically it doesn't change much, but for some lawyer at Intel it might.

Actually there is at least one well-known example [1] for this: libpq.

The gist is that, if the user is the one doing the last linking step,
all is fine. She's allowed anything.

Cheers

[1] https://postgrespro.com/list/thread-id/1596439
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tomás

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