Re: [gtk-list] Versioning question

["Juergen A. Erhard" <jae ilk de>]

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>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew D Allen <s2mdalle@titan.vcu.edu> writes:

    Matthew> I'm developing an application to be distributed in binary form that links
    Matthew> statically to GTK+ so I won't have to worry about what version the client
    Matthew> is running (of course at the expense of binary size).

I'd advise you to first read the license terms of GTK+.  That is, the
GNU LGPL (in the file COPYING in the source distribution).

From what you say, I have the *very* strong feeling that you
didn't... if you had done so, you wouldn't think about distributing a
binary application "that links statically to GTK+".  As that would
violate the GTK+ license terms (said GNU LGPL).

Again: what you plan to to would violate GTK+'s license terms.

Don't do that.

Bye, J

PS: IANAL... and neither am I one of the multiple copyright holders in
the GTK+.  But I *have* read the LGPL...

PPS: Strange that no-one seems to have caught this on the list.

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