Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] What gets compiled into DLL by libtool (licencing issues)

[Tony Theodore]

On 25 Feb 2014, at 05:35, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 02/24/2014 11:57 AM, Jonathan Hogg wrote:
> 
>> However, as the software itself is proprietary, we cannot (so far as I'm
>> aware) redistribute LGPL code if its been compiled into the same DLL.
>> While some fo the above packages have a suitable linking exception, so
>> far as I'm aware, the pthreads and quadmath libraries don't.
> 
> What leads you to believe that the method of linking (dynamic vs. static) 
> changes the requirements of the (L)GPL?

One is considered a "work that uses the library", the other a derivate:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License#Differences_from_the_GPL

Cheers,

Tony