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Re: Question Re: GPLed vs LGPLed files in GLIBC
- From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Albert ARIBAUD <albert dot aribaud at 3adev dot fr>
- Cc: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 21:39:36 +0000
- Subject: Re: Question Re: GPLed vs LGPLed files in GLIBC
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- References: <20180115223517.34c167d3.albert.aribaud@3adev.fr>
On Mon, 15 Jan 2018, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
> Is this the right explanation, i.e., was this patch added to make
> application, not library, source modules GPL? Or is it something else
Yes, I think that's correct. Installed programs are GPL, installed
libraries are LGPL, *crt*.o and lib*_nonshared.a (library code statically
linked into a program even when generally using shared libraries) are
LGPL+exception.
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Joseph S. Myers
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