KUBO Takehiro wrote:
> Jim Cain <list / jimcain.us> writes:
> 
> 
>>As for the license, I will continue to think about that one. I released 
>>my C++ library (linked above) under the LGPL, so anything's possible.
> 
> 
> Last one question about the licence. Will you release your ruby-Oracle
> interface under the GPL? Or LGPL?
> 
> The GPLed extension library which links to a closed-source library
> causes license violation. The LGPLed library will cause no
> problem. I'm not certain about LGPL. I've not read the license term of
> the LGPL in detail.
> 
> Cheers

The LGPL allows linking into a non-free program, and only changes to the 
library itself must be freely available.