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

[Francesco Ariis]

Hello Pierre,

On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 09:54:11AM +0000, Pierre_van_der_Laar (Functional Account) via Haskell-Cafe wrote:
> So the problem is real and seems to be underestimated by the Haskell
> user community based on the many (partly) incorrect responses on this
> mailing list.
> I still would like to know what GHC's strategy is to tackle this problem!

Could you please answer Stefan Monnier's question?

On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 11:23:30AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> I think you're confusing the GPL and the LGPL here.
> Otherwise, please clarify what you mean by "enforces a LGPL license on
> my code".

The authentic interpretation [1] by the FSF itself seems pretty clear:

    "If you statically link against an LGPLed library, you must also
    provide your application in an object (not necessarily source)
    format, so that a user has the opportunity to modify the library
    and relink the application."

[1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#LGPLStaticVsDynamic