Re: Problem with MPL
On 2007-11-11, Peter Morris <
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>So not pure LGPL, and linking with static libraries is perfectly
>allowed.
People would most likely want to compile the source code directly into their
applications. This wouldn't class as linking to a static library would it?
Yes it would class as such. A static library is roughly a set of .o's. Which
is equal the code part of a set of .dcu's.
So to say it explicitely again: It is perfectly legal to link parts of the
LGPL-with-exceptioned FPC RTL/FCL into your Delphi application.
I do so regularly even in my job.
(mostly to set up my Delphi projects shared source between FPC and Delphi)
And this license goes for every library the FPC+Lazarus projects has. And we
like to keep it that way, and not confuse it with a patchwork of libraries.
(but some parts are already duallicensed to MPL, like some Jedi projects)
The other parts (compiler itself, the IDE itself, a bunch of small tools
like doc tools, pretty printers etc) are under strict GPL. But in normal use
you don't link against them.