I beleive these programs are dynamically linked against glibc, and that's
why theres diffrent flavors of them (or was) for libc5/glibc.
Justin
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 david@ultramaster.com wrote:
> Hi "Mr Smith"
> You said:
> > - Tripwire Security
> ...
> > has also been a perfect
> > demostration of a LGPL violation. Previously, there was a number of LGPL
> > requirements which where ignored even when notified in writting of them.
> > RMS has since contacted them. However, they continue to not provide the
> > object files to the demo binaries to allow for relinking against modified
> > copies of the LGPL library.
>
> My question is this: if in fact the letter of the law of the LGPL is
> followed, doesn't any program that links to glibc need to distribute
> re-linkable object files? Wouldn't that include Netscape, Staroffice
> and all other Linux programs that run against glibc? After all, these
> programs have never been "home-relinkable," so-to-speak.
>
> David
>
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