Re: Static linking under win32

["Phil Frisbie, Jr." <phil@hawksoft.com>]

Keresztfalvi Laszlo wrote:

> For the apropo PW32 have just introduced the DLL and API versioning..
> 
> If I develop a commercial application then stability rules and I would use a
> choosen version of pthread (or any other external) library which I link
> against, usually lagging some versions (to be real-life tested). So, even if
> I provide the object files I cannot accept any claims if you link it with
> eg. a newer version of the library either statically or dynamically.
> 
> Moreover, I usually use more than one external library with some licenses so
> then I must provide those too to really enable you to relink..
> 
> I think this would be not a real case if the application is not something
> simple and you provide good support which is generally your business..
> Otherwise ask lawers who play that game ;)

Sony Entertainment had no problem including my LGPL library as a DLL in their 
game PlanetSide. They include a copyright notice and the URL to my website so 
that users can get the full source to the hvdi.dll file.

This is what the LGPL is all about.

> Regards,
> Laszlo


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