Re: GPL question

Uwe schrieb:

like a plugin). If I provide the source code for the DLL, do I fulfill the terms of the GPL or do I have to disclose the source of my application as well?

If there is no linnking exception and it is the GPL, yes. LGPL would be ok if recompiling and re-linking the DLL is possible.

p.s. I am not a lawyer so this is just the information I have found for a similar situation, where the library fortunately was LGPLed.

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