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From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
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On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:

> Hello all!
> 
> I'm quite too verbose (as I'm not long enough subscribed to this list to
> be able to judge what issues are appropriate and what not), but this is an
> important issue, and I was brought to this by a discussion on another list
> (about libreadline and ncftp, btw).
> 
> All Copyright files I saw in the alsa code are GPL. Please excuse me if you
> did choose it intentionly, and the points I will make here are known to you.
> (BTW: is there an archive of this list somewhere?)

I'll try setup some archive of list soon...

> 
> There is a significant difference between GPL and LGPL
> 
> GPL: The derived work has to carry the same copyright as the GPL. Additional
> source code linked to it has to carry the same copyright or an even more
> free on.
> 
> LGPL: Derived work has to carry the same copyright as the LGPL and must be a
> library, too. Programs that are *linked* to this library are *not* affected
> by this license. For example, you may link a commercial program with
> restrictive license to a library covered by LGPL, without violating the
> copyright.

OK. I change licence for C library from GPL to LGPL with next release..
Thank you very much for this notice...

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
Academic Computer Centre, University of South Bohemia
Branisovska 31, C. Budejovice, CZ-370 05 Czech Republic


