Picking a license
Ethan Furman
ethan at stoneleaf.us
Thu May 13 20:12:48 EDT 2010
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Thu, 13 May 2010 06:24:04 -0700, Ed Keith wrote:
>
>> --- On Thu, 5/13/10, Lawrence D'Oliveiro
>> <ldo at geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
>>> What have you got against LGPL for this purpose? --
>>>
>> Most of my clients would not know how to relink a program if their life
>> depended on it. And I do not want to put then in DLL hell. So I avoid
>> the LGPL.
>
>
> Are you implying that by distributing your libraries under the MIT or
> Apache licence, no linking is required? That's a cool trick, can you
> explain how it works please?
I believe he is implying that with MIT or Apache, he is able to do all
the compiling/linking/generating himself, thus saving his customers the
effort.
You're a smart man, Steven, surely you could have figured that out? ;)
~Ethan~
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