Re: GTK Netscape is impossible

[Janne Moren <janne lucs fil lu se>]

On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Carl Thompson wrote:

<About LGPL allowing use by proprietary software>

> (Technically, though, Netscape IS in violation of the LGPL because they
> do not provide source code to the LGPLed libraries that they use nor do
> provide access to it on their FTP site or by other means.)
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Carl Thompson

I thought that the 'availability' requirement merely gives the developers
of the proprietary software an obligation to tell its customers where they
can find the LGPL:ed components (by giving an URL to a site, for example).
Any comments on this?


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