Hi,

In message "RE: Epic4/Ruby (embedding Ruby in commercial apps)"
    on 02/02/22, "Christian Boos" <cboos / bct-technology.com> writes:

|> only exception is regex.c under LGPL.  You have to prepare workaround
|> to embed it in the commercial application (e.g. prepare the way to
|> re-link regex.o).

|Sorry, I don't understand here. If it is LGPL (lesser/library GPL),
|as opposed to GPL, there should not be any problem in _linking_ one's 
|proprietary application or extension to it?
|Or am I missing something?
|Of course, the code for regexp.c (and, why not, for Ruby itself) has
|to be distributed as well, but this is not to prevent commercial/
|proprietary use.

You have to read LGPL by yourself.  The point is you can use it in
commercial / proprietary software, as long as you follow the
instructions described in LGPL.

							matz.