[lwip-users] Re: [lwip] Should LwIP go (L)GPL ?

[Rod Boyce]

On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 11:07:37 -0400 (EDT)
"barryc" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Since I don't know of any embedded microcontrollers (eg: HC12, 8051, etc) 
> that 
> you'd be willing to take the overhead hit of dynamically loading the library, 
> you wouldn't be able to use an LGPL LWIP on anything less robust than a 
> PalmPilot if you want to keep your application's source closed and prevent 
> reverse engineering.
> 

I have done exactly this on both the HC11 and the 8051 not for this reason but 
for a good comerical reasom at teh time.  
I have also convinced my employer that it is not a good idea in other 
circumstances.
You have to be careful what you say about us crazy embedded developers.  
Quite often if you can do it on a PC.  We can think up a simple way to do it on 
an
embedded paltform.
It would be very easy for me to load LwIP dynamicly if I had to but if the 
License
permits why should it go to that bother.

Regards,
Rod Boyce

PS No I cannot give away the dynamic loading code I wrote it a while back for 
my employer it is proprietary but easy to do if you reduce the complexity.
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