Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library

[Raffael Cavallaro]

On 2010-03-21 15:29:44 -0400, John Hasler said:

> They might, but there are cases where they did not.

One can't rely on this unlikely possibility, which becomes increasingly 
unlikely the more sales are made.

> The point is that
> _you_ are not required to publish anything.

It hardly matters who does the publishing. The point is that the source 
still becomes publicly available.

> Offering source to everyone
> who receives binaries from you satisfies your GPL obligations.  You can
> ignore requests for source from anyone else.
>
> Of course, if the possibility that someone might pass the software on
> worries you, the solution is simple: don't link to GPL works.


Which is why many developers choose to avoid this possibility and use 
LGPL/LLGPL/BSD/MIT/Apache licensed libraries instead. And now we've 
come full circle.

warmest regards,

Ralph


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Raffael Cavallaro