On Sunday, Jan 25, 2004, at 05:12 US/Pacific, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

>  I just re-read the LGPL and it is indeed as was
> pointed out to me by Jal users: for a compiled application that
> includes
> any (compiled) LGPL code the LGPL fully applies and forces publication
> of the source of the application. Please correct me (with appropriate
> citations) if you disageer. My quote:
>
> 4. You may copy and distribute the Library (or a portion or derivative
> of it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the
> terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you accompany it with the
> complete corresponding machine-readable source code,

I believe that's only the source of the library itself that you need to
be
willing to distribute (including any modifications you've made to the
library.)

Here's what our internal guidelines say about lgpl:

2.3.2
GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (LGPL)
The LGPL is used primarily for software libraries, and is slightly less
onerous than the GPL. Like the GPL, the LGPL requires you to distribute
the source code of any modifications you make to the GPL code as open
source code. Unlike the GPL, however, LGPL does not require you to
distribute the source code of any other software which is linked
(dynamically or statically) to LGPL code. This allows you to link
proprietary applications with LGPL libraries without contamination. For
example, the GNU C Library (Glibc) is licensed under LGPL, and you are
free to link your proprietary applications to Glibc and still have them
remain proprietary. However, if your software accesses the LGPL code
during the compilation process (i.e. statically linked), you have an
obligation to release the object code of your software (note: unlike
executable code, object code is an intermediary version of your
software that requires further compilation before it can be executed by
a computer and used by an end user).

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