Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library

[Alexander Terekhov]

Hyman Rosen wrote:
[...]
> Similarly, mere aggregation is irrelevant to libraries which
> are statically linked into programs. Such a combined work is
> not a mere aggregation of the library and the other components.

Static linking is "mere aggregation" of (sub)programs with relocation
and symbol resolution done earlier than in the case of dynamic linking. 

See also

http://www.rosenlaw.com/Rosen_Ch06.pdf
(Linking to GPL Software)

and

http://www.btlj.org/data/articles/21_04_04.pdf
(SOFTWARE COMBINATIONS UNDER THE GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE)

regards,
alexander.

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