Comment Comment by regularfry This is incorrect, and it's precisely for this sort of situation that the LGPL exists.https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfLibraryIsGPLThe problem for the author in this case is that a) writing their code against a GPL'd library constitutes creating a derivative work, and b) putting it on GitHub is distribution. parent regularfry 5 years ago
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfLibraryIsGPL
The problem for the author in this case is that a) writing their code against a GPL'd library constitutes creating a derivative work, and b) putting it on GitHub is distribution.