FreeTDS Development Group

[Richard Gibson <fluffy.gibson AT gmail.com>]

Hi

Thanks for the reply. Am I right with the following then regarding LGPL and
not having to release any program I write using the library?:
1. Static linking at compile time is NOT permitted
2. Dynamic linking at compile time IS permitted
3. Runtime loading IS permitted
4. GCC compilation using
    -dynamic -l<libraryname>
performs a dynamic linking
5. GCC compilation using
    -static -l<libraryname>
performs a static link (essentially bundling the other library into the
final executable)
6. LGPL permits usage of a library as long as it is NOT statically linked,
else it is considered a derived work

Thanks again
Rich

On 30 July 2010 15:00, Frediano Ziglio <freddy77 AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>  before you spend other time... in LGPL license dynamic loading is
> against static loading, do not confuse with runtime linking
> (dlopen/dlsym and so on). That is use -l linker option or import
> library, the important thing is that FreeTDS code is in a separate
> file (like .so, .sl or .dll file).
>
> bye
>  freddy77
> _______________________________________________
> FreeTDS mailing list
> FreeTDS AT lists.ibiblio.org
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/freetds
>