Re: Licensing (open-source)

From: Auric__ (not.my.real_at_email.address)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:20:00 -0700

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:27:00 -0400, Arich Chanachai
<macrocosm@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>Does anyone know of a good hash on what GPL and LGPL are all about? I
>want to know precisely what my restrictions are in using GPL code etc...

These aren't official, but they do give a decent human-readable summary:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/GPL/2.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/LGPL/2.1/

>What precisely is linking?

Linking is the final step of generating a program; it's what takes a
compiler's output and turns it into whatever it is you're compiling, be
it program, library, or whatever. My level of understanding when it
comes to linkers is "oogah-boogah, object in, MAGIC, program out, yay!"

I've downloaded "Linkers & Loaders" from The Invincible Electric
Calculator Company (http://www.iecc.com/linker/) and might even read it
Real Soon Now. I assume it'll turn MAGIC -> knowledge in my head. 

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