[ILUG] Linux Appliance & a GPL query

[Dermot McGahon]

On Sun, 16 May 2004 17:17:41 +0100 (IST), Paul Jakma <paul at clubi.ie> wrote:

>> covered by the RFC. The primary copyright holder does not wish to
>> incorporate the changes back into the main library codebase,
>> viewing them as undesirable complications.
>
> The changes having been written by someone other than the copyright
> holder of the work?

Yes. Changes written by myself. Copyright holder has indicated
that he is unlikely to incorporate into the maintained library.


>> The modified LGPL library is to be shipped as part of a product.
>>
>> Under the LGPL, I take it that you are still obliged to reveal
>> these source code changes and are not allowed to "sit on them".
>
> Only if you distribute the changes.

Yes, will be shipped as part of a product.


>> No obligation to keep the patches up-to-date with newer
>> revisions of the base library?
>
> No, why there should be?

No reason and this is what I was hoping for as it will be less
of a maintainence burden.


>> Is this enough to comply with the LGPL requirements?
>
> If the only difference between GPL and LGPL is of linking to a work
> under such licences, then yes.

At the moment, the LGPL code is only linking with GPL code. In
the future it may link with proprietary code. It would suit if
a 3(a) approach to source distribution was taken and that this
would apply to both GPL and LGPL parts of the overall product.

Thanks. You've cleared up a couple of misunderstandings on my
part.


Dermot.
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