On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 14:00, Taybin Rutkin wrote: > Just out of curiousity, are those conditions AND or OR? AND. You can either dynamically link your application, or ship the object files of the application. Usually, especially for GTK+, dynamic linking is the right choice. As always, see the text of the LGPL for full details. Regards, Owen > -----Original Message----- > From: Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com> > Sent: Sep 9, 2004 1:51 PM > To: Matthew William Solloway Bell <m bell bvrh co uk> > Cc: gtk-devel-list gnome org > Subject: Re: XChat seems to be ignoring the LGPL > > On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 18:20, Matthew William Solloway Bell wrote: > > I'm just informing you that, from what I have seen, the 'Official' > > build of XChat for Windows v. 2.4.0[1] seems to be ignoring the license > > on GTK. I'm not sure how important this is or even if I am correct. > > There is further information[2] on the forum[3]. Do with this > > information as you will :) > > Unless XChat for Windows is being shipped: > > - Statically linked to GTK+ > - Without the object files to relink against a modified GTK+ > > Then there is no GTK+-related license issue. GTK+ is licensed under > the LGPL, not the GPL, precisely so that it can be used in > applications under all sorts of licensing terms. > > Any other questions are up to Peter Zelezny to sort out with xchat > contributors. > > Regards, > Owen
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part