[fpc-pascal] MPL, LGPL rehashed again

[Jonas Maebe]

On 18 Jun 2008, at 14:59, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

> Below I quoted the Modified LGPL...
>
> "As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give
> you permission to link this library with independent modules to
> produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these
> independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting
> executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet,
> for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the
> license of that module. An independent module is a module which is not
> derived from or based on this library."
>
> This part I understand and relates to static linking...
>
>
> " If you modify this library, you may extend this exception to your
> version of the library, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do
> not wish to do so, delete this
> exception statement from your version."
>
> This part I don't quite understand... Could somebody explain this  
> please?

It means that you are free to relicense a file back to the regular  
LGPL if it was originally distributed under our modified LGPL.


Jonas