[opensource-dev] LGPL violation

[Malachi]

does this mean that if i move all of my own code over to a dll file that  
is loaded at runtime that i do not have to release the source for it?



On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:17:01 -0400, Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence)  
<oz at lindenlab.com> wrote:

>   On 2010-10-23 7:27, Carlo Wood wrote:
>> I am not a lawyer :p, but I think that it is allowed to link an LGPL-ed
>> library statically against a proprietary executable provided you
>> provide the object code or source code of the work that uses the  
>> library.
>
> Not correct.  LGPL code may be linked to other source without having the
> viral effect of requiring that other source also be published as open
> source.  LGPL _does_ require that if any changes are made to the source
> under that license, then those changes (and the original sources) must
> be open and available either as LGPL or as GPL.
>
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