gnupic: PIC vs GPL question
Subject:
Re: PIC vs GPL question
From:
Craig Franklin ####@####.####
Date:
4 Nov 2004 14:10:28 +0000
Message-Id: <4189E459.3040603@users.sourceforge.net>
Marco Pantaleoni wrote:
>>>>There might be a better license than the GPL for firmware.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Of course, but then you can't use GPL code in the firmware...
>>>
>>>
>>Unless it's GPL compatable. And, who knows, maybe he meant LGPL. Most
>>people would be hard pressed to know the difference--unless the issue has
>>bit them before.
>>
>>
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>LGPL mandates that you either distribute source code (as GPL does) or
>link _dynamically_ with your program. I hardly doubt that he is
>dynamic linking in a firmware :-)
>In his case, in any case, by using GPL code, he is obliged to satify
>the GPL, hence distributing source code to entitled third parties...
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>
I believe the exception in Section 6 of LGPL allows static linking if
you satisfy item a).
>Ciao,
>Marco
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