RE: [avr-libc-dev] avr-lib-c-extentions library

[Weddington, Eric]

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> Subject: Re: [avr-libc-dev] avr-lib-c-extentions library
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> Weddington, Eric wrote:
> 
> >> . same license as avr-libc to improve re-usability in closed source
> >>   projects (that's the major distinction from Procyon AVRlib)
> > 
> > I'm open to having the LGPL license on such a library project.
> > (Definitely not the GPL, though.) I can be persuaded to 
> either the BSD
> > or LGPL license.
> > 
> > Eric
> > 
> 
> I'm not a lawyer, but I have seen a couple of open source embedded 
> projects get themselves into trouble by misunderstanding 
> licenses (the 
> LGPL in particular).
> 
> The LGPL is no good for embedded development - it only really differs 
> from the GPL in that you can dynamically link to a LGPL'ed library 
> without any restrictions on the license for the rest of your 
> code.  If 
> you are linking statically, you must GPL (or LGPL) all your code.

You're going to have to back up your claims on this one. I have never
seen, nor heard of such a limitation.

FYI, the libgcc library that ships with GCC, and many times gets linked
into your AVR application, is licensed as LGPL.
 
Thanks,
Eric Weddington