[gtkada] Static linking to Gtk libraries for Solaris 2.8

[Frode Tennebø]

On Friday 16 May 2003 12:50, Jeffrey Creem wrote:
[snip]
> can't really say I understand for sure but in general, you can not
> "distribute" this statically linked executable as easily and still
> remain in compliance with the LGPL since there is now no way for an
> end user to upgrade the LGPL components and continue to run you
> program.

I'm not a lawyer either, but that statement is positively false since a 
staic binary is the only way for a 'vendor' to guarantee continued 
usage of an application regardless of what the end user does or does 
not with his existing components.

Actually, Linux is coming dangeoursly close to MS' dll-hell with every 
new application requiring a new dynamic library or an upgrade which 
breaks existing applications.

 -Frode 

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