Am 11.08.2011 05:22, schrieb Andres Mejia:
I have seen a commit with mp4v2 that disables building of the static
library. Though I know binaries in Debian are normally linked with
shared libraries, distributing the static library is beneficial to
users with different requirements for software they distribute.
I have heard of various use cases involving distribution of stand
alone binaries (no dependent shared libraries).
The problem with this specific library is its license, which prohibits
linking against about 99% of packages that come into consideration to
make use of it. So most probably any application that statically links
against it commits a license violation. :/
Therefore, many applications fall back to dlopen() the library, in
which case only the header files (if at all) are required.
A similar case is libdvdcss. All applications that I know to make use
of it try to dlopen() it instead of explicit linking, because they
know that this library is widely considered undistributable - though
for other reasons.
- Fabian
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