linking on Linux / licenses

[Vadim Zeitlin]

On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:10:47 +0200 Torsten Mohr <tmohr at s.netic.de> wrote:

TM> if i want to distribute a program that is based on wxWidgets
TM> then basically the GNU L-GPL applies, if i understand the
TM> wxWindows Library License 3.1 correctly, is that right?

 Almost: wx licence is actually requires less than LGPL.

TM> Is it then correct that i need to supply the object files
TM> of my program, so others can re-link them against a new
TM> version of wxWidgets (assumed that i link statically)?

 No, this is the wxWidgets static link exception.

TM> In the wxWidgets-Book it is also mentioned that due to
TM> different versions of Linux distributions and different
TM> versions of installed GTKs programs may not start up
TM> correctly on other users PCs.

 I think the problem might be much less acute now. And, anyhow, it's a very
bad idea to statically link to GTK+ (please search the list archives for
many threads about it).

 Regards,
VZ

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