Re: [Lzip-bug] Lzlib license clarification

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello Gary,

Gary Herreman wrote:
> The license in the source code seems to imply that only free software
> may link to Lzlib ("as part of a free software library"),

Not at all. The license in the source code also explains that "[if] you 
compile this file and link it with other files to produce an executable, 
this file does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be 
covered by the GNU General Public License".


> I assume you meant the latter and that "a free software library"
> refers to Lzlib, but I wasn't quite sure.

Yes, but it does not refer only to lzlib. You may modify lzlib and 
create your own version of the library and link it with any software you 
like. If you distribute your modified library, you just need to release 
the source of your library, not the source of the code using (linking 
to) it.


Best regards,
Antonio.