[Qt-interest] Static linking

[Atlant Schmidt]

Paul:

> It is my understanding that LGPL requires the user to be allowed to
> replace the library in question with their own modified version.
>
> Please tell me how someone is able to do that when the library is linked
> statically.

  You provide all the rest of the bits-and-pieces needed to
  build your application, either in source form or as libraries.
  That's what I was referring to in my earlier E-mail.

                                Atlant


-----Original Message-----
From: qt-interest-bounces+aschmidt=dekaresearch.com at qt.nokia.com [mailto:qt-interest-bounces+aschmidt=dekaresearch.com at qt.nokia.com] On Behalf Of Paul Miller
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:23
Cc: qt-interest at qt.nokia.com
Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] Static linking

On 11/15/2011 8:17 AM, Konstantin Tokarev wrote:
> 15.11.2011, 17:55, "Paul Miller"<paul at fxtech.com>:
>> On 11/15/2011 7:38 AM, Hard Maker wrote:
>>
>>>   Hi,
>>>   I'm working with qt in windows using the binaries downloaded from nokia
>>>   site. I'm using QtCreator with gcc.
>>>   There are some way to make static linking with this version of Qt
>>>   without recompile all?
>>
>> I believe it is only distributed with dynamic libs. You'll need to
>> rebuild Qt statically.
>>
>> Also I believe if yours is a commercial product you can't ship it linked
>> statically with Qt, unless you own a Commercial Qt license.
>
> I believe that your belief is wrong, please read LGPL more carefully.

It is my understanding that LGPL requires the user to be allowed to
replace the library in question with their own modified version.

Please tell me how someone is able to do that when the library is linked
statically.
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