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php apps using LGPL libraries!


xploita

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hello,

i was about to develop a new php commercial application (which is encoded using ioncube)

one of the libraries i want to use in my application has a Lesser GPL license.

what are the limitations that i will face?

what is it that i should do in order not to violate that license?

do i have to provide the source code for my application to users if i use that library?

 

thx in advance

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If I remember correctly, then the GPL (and LGPL as well) says that you are free to redistribute it as long as it is distributed under the same license again (ie GPL/LGPL). I think that means you can only use it if you do not encrypt it and you may only distribute it with your product if your product is released under LGPL.

No, you don't have to provide source code for your application if you use an LGPL library.  You might have to provide source for the library though (or at least make the source available for download).

 

I wouldn't try reading the license itself unless you're really keen.  They tried to make it comprehensible, but it's still a legal document.

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