Re: glibc is lgpl'ed...

[Navindra Umanee <navindra@cs.mcgill.ca>]

Montreal Sat Apr 10 01:31:26 1999

John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote:
> Navindra Umanee writes:
> > Do applications like Netscape Navigator or Star Office actually comply 
> > with the LGPL requirements?
> 
> What LGPL requirements do you think they might be violating?

Here's the same example I sent Joseph:

Netscape license:

You may not:
* modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble
  (except to the extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such
  restriction), or create derivative works based on the Software;

LGPL license:

  6. As an exception to the Sections above, you may also compile or
link a "work that uses the Library" with the Library to produce a
work containing portions of the Library, and distribute that work
under terms of your choice, provided that the terms permit
modification of the work for the customer's own use and reverse
engineering for debugging such modifications.

-N.