[opensource-dev] LGPL violation

[Carlo Wood]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:17:01AM -0400, Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence) 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.

You state pretty firmly, while I believe you are in error.

You are NOT allowed to link statically with an LGPL-ed library unless you
provide the means for the user to relink the library, for example by
providing the .o (object) files that it is linked with.