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Does the LGPL ensure that programs that rely on my code admit it? [closed]

Does the LGPL ensure that programs that rely on my code admit it? I read on Zed's blog something to that effect. (Link, section "I don't want to be ignored again"). Is it true?

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Ram Rachum Avatar asked Sep 05 '09 18:09

Ram Rachum


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The LGPL does include (in clauses 3 and 4) the requirements to:

Give prominent notice with each copy of the [[object code // Combined Work]] that the Library is used in it and that the Library and its use are covered by this License.

with minor exception for object code using only "numerical parameters, data structure layouts and accessors, or small macros, inline functions and templates (ten or fewer lines in length)". So the constraint to "admit" ("give prominent notice" of) the library's use does seem to be present.

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Alex Martelli Avatar answered Sep 16 '22 22:09

Alex Martelli