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Re: Writing an exception to LGPL for a C++ template library: msg#00049

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Subject: Re: Writing an exception to LGPL for a C++ template library

Hi Federico,

Thanks for your answers. The reasons why we were considering using the LGPL, not the GPL, are that:
- we need to make sure LGPL-licensed software (apps,libs,everything) can use our library without any worry.
- we don't care too much if proprietary software uses our lib (though we wouldn't rejoice about that either).

The exception in the GCC C++ std. library is:

I am glad you mention it because this is something we have looked at, but we were left with a big question open: what would we have to change in the formulation of this exception in order to make it applicable to the LGPL instead of GPL ? Is such a transposition possible at all?

We would also have to modify it to apply to all software, not only libraries.

Benoit



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