Re: Can I band .so with my program?

[Vlad Harchev <hvv hippo ru>]

On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Guy Harris wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 11:40:19AM +0800, Zhang wrote:
> >     I code a program with GTK+ in FreeBSD, but users can't use it if
> > he haven't install GLIB & GTKLIB, it says 'can't find ***.so...', can I
> > band those .so with my program ?
> 
> Band them in what way?
> 
> You can either
> 
> 	1) supply the binary of the ".so" files with your program - GLib
> 	   and GTK+ are licensed under the LGPL, so you're free to give
> 	   away binaries (as long as you make the source available to
> 	   anybody to whom you give the binaries);
> 
> 	2) link the program statically, so that it doesn't need the
> 	    ".so" files.

 Keep in mind that 2) is illegal if your app is not licensed under GPL (or
you'll have to provide object files of your program so user will be able to
relink it with newer version of gtk/glib).

 Best regards,
  -Vlad