[OSC_dev] Good C++ libraries ?

[Steve Harris]

On 3 Mar 2009, at 16:49, Jeff Glatt wrote:

> EasyOSC is what we call in the Windows world a "dynamic link
> library" ("shared lib" in Linux parlance). Unlike some other
> implementations, it's not statically linked, and therefore does not
> become part of your application.

Erm, static libraries are rather rare nowadays.

> You can link to GPL'ed dynamic/shared libraries from commercial
> software without needing to release your commercial source, for
> example how you typically link to Linux's GNU-based C lib. What
> you can't do is modify the library source itself, and re-release it
> binary-only.

I think you should check this.

1) It is my understanding that you can only link to GPL'd libraries  
from non-GPL compatible software if you don't distribute the software,  
which somewhat defeats the point.

2) Linux's C library is not under the GPL, but the Lesser GPL[1],  
which is very different.

- Steve

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_C_Library