From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7592 invoked by alias); 23 May 2003 04:18:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact pthreads-win32-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: pthreads-win32-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 7538 invoked from network); 23 May 2003 04:18:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO saraswati.quark.co.in) (203.193.132.103) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 23 May 2003 04:18:26 -0000 Received: by SARASWATI with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 23 May 2003 09:41:57 +0530 Message-ID: <7D5800A5B6E26644B2EB7A862856B0D407EF7ABC@SARASWATI> From: Vikas Gandhi To: vkt@india.hp.com, "Turner, Jay" , pthreads-win32@sources.redhat.com Subject: RE: LGPL and a proprietary application Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 04:18:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-SW-Source: 2003/txt/msg00053.txt.bz2 Hi Vinaya I also want ask one basic fundamental quaestion. 1) Is usage of a product like "pthreads-win32" forces us to release our source code or not. 2) Next can we use it as per our with without intimating anyone. Regards Vikas -----Original Message----- From: Vinaya Kumar T [mailto:vkt@india.hp.com] Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 11:14 PM To: Turner, Jay Cc: pthreads-win32@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: LGPL and a proprietary application Hello Jay, ru linking to this LGPL library statically or dynamically...?? if statically linked ,then u should make only that of the ur src code open ,so that , changes in LGPL can be done effectively. On other hand ,if it dynamically linked,then u don't have to worry about ur src code to be made open. hope this helps vinaya Turner, Jay wrote: >In reading the LGPL for pthreads-win32 I find I am confused. My application is company proprietary and one reading says that an application that "uses the library" does not itself fall under the LGPL. Another reading says that it does (mainly because it uses pthread.h and semaphore.h). > >Can I link to pthreads-win32 in my application without the license requiring that I provide my source or object code to my customers? > >Is there anything that my legal department would accept that would confirm this? > >Thanks, Jay > > > >