On 6 Aug 2009, at 11:28, Simon Marlow wrote:
What's the reasoning for dropping 6a-e, but retaining "provided that all the other terms of clause 6 are complied with"?
The specific para you quote starts "For an executable", and we are talking about libraries here, so it is inapplicable.
The other LGPL exception you quoted (from OCaml?) omits the whole of clause 6, which seems a lot simpler.
Clause 6 also includes the following terms, which you did not quote, and which I think are highly pertinent to retain: As an exception to the Sections above, you may also compile or link a "work that uses the Library" with the Library to produce a work containing portions of the Library, and distribute that work under terms of your choice, provided that the terms permit modification of the work for the customer's own use and reverse engineering for debugging such modifications. You must give prominent notice with each copy of the work that the Library is used in it and that the Library and its use are covered by this License. You must supply a copy of this License. If the work during execution displays copyright notices, you must include the copyright notice for the Library among them, as well as a reference directing the user to the copy of this License. Regards, Malcolm