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alejoseb / Modbus-STM32-HAL-FreeRTOS

Modbus TCP and RTU, Master and Slave for STM32 using Cube HAL and FreeRTOS
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
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License clarification #51

Closed hpux735 closed 2 years ago

hpux735 commented 2 years ago

Hi,

I'm considering using your library in a closed-source project. I've read the LGPL, and I'm not sure how to use it in a project such as this. It seems like it's hard to use LGPL libraries on microcontrollers, because we don't have dynamic linking. Would you consider providing your interpretation of how this library can be used on a statically-linked microcontroller project? Alternatively, would you consider a similar library that doesn't encumber in the case of static linking?

Thanks!

alejoseb commented 2 years ago

Hi, My interpretation is that you can use this library as you please (statically or dynamically linked) even in commercial close-source projects, and you don't need to open source your project. However, if you modify the source code of the library you need to release the code of the modified library, while keeping the rest of the code close-sourced.

Besides, this is my interpretation, and I am not an expert on licensing and copyrights so don't take my words as legal advice.

hpux735 commented 2 years ago

Thanks Alejandro,

Given that you're the author of the library, your interpretation is the one that matters the most to me :)