[Haskell-cafe] Announce: Haskell Platform 8.6.5 (Gershom B)

[Joachim Durchholz]

Am 14.05.19 um 17:21 schrieb Daniel Trstenjak:
> Hi Joachim,
> 
> On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 04:32:34PM +0200, Joachim Durchholz wrote:
>> The usual understanding of the LGPL enforces the LGPL license only on the
>> lib-gmp code itself and any modifications you make to it, not on any other
>> parts of the code.
> 
> if you follow the LGPL strictly - which I think almost nobody does - you
> also have to provide a development kit for you application, that users
> can relink your application with newer versions of the lib-gmp.

Mmm... sort-of. You have to make sure that people can take lib-gmp, 
change it, and relink your application with it.
A reference to a standard build environment should be enough to fulfil 
that requirement, though it can become a bit more difficult if you have 
packaging steps after linking.