Picking a license

[Ed Keith]

--- On Thu, 5/13/10, Steven D'Aprano <steven at REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au> wrote:

> From: Steven D'Aprano <steven at REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au>
> Subject: Re: Picking a license
> To: python-list at python.org
> Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 7:41 PM
> 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?
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Steven
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> 

Normally I link it for them. As I read the LGPL, if I use any LGPLed code I need to teach the client how to link the software against any possible future version of the LGPLed library. 

    -EdK

Ed Keith
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