CVSROOT: /web/www Module name: www Changes by: Brett Smith <brett> 11/09/23 15:44:20
Modified files: licenses : lgpl-java.html Log message: adjust derivative works wording, per 709536 CVSWeb URLs: http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/lgpl-java.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.16&r2=1.17 Patches: Index: lgpl-java.html =================================================================== RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/lgpl-java.html,v retrieving revision 1.16 retrieving revision 1.17 diff -u -b -r1.16 -r1.17 --- lgpl-java.html 20 Sep 2011 08:14:57 -0000 1.16 +++ lgpl-java.html 23 Sep 2011 15:43:39 -0000 1.17 @@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ It has always been the FSF's position that dynamically linking applications to libraries creates a single work derived from both the library code and the application code. The GPL requires that all -derivative works be licensed under the GPL, an effect which can be -described as “hereditary.” So, if an application links to a library -licensed under the GPL, the application too must be licensed under the -GPL. By contrast, libraries licensed under the GNU Lesser General -Public License (LGPL) may be linked to proprietary applications. </p> +derivative works be licensed as a whole under the terms of the GPL, an +effect which can be described as “hereditary.” So, if an +application links to a library licensed under the GPL, the application +too must be licensed under the GPL. By contrast, libraries licensed +under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) may be linked to +proprietary applications. </p> <p> In July of 2003, Slashdot published a story claiming that I had claimed @@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ <p> Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2011/09/20 08:14:57 $ +$Date: 2011/09/23 15:43:39 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div>