Re: Can LGPL be used for non-libraries

[Daniel Qarras]

John Hasler wrote:

> Daniel Qarras writes:
>
> > Surely if I make some minor changes to, e.g., OO.o's Writer it does not
> > turn into "a software library". How come that OO.o and other non-library
> > programs can use LGPL even if they not "libraries"?
>
> There should be a "Copyright" file covering this and other exceptions and
> alterations.

I inspected a bit more; GPP (Generic Preprocessor) is a GNU package, 
licenced under LGPL 2.1, not a software library, and copyrighted by FSF 
and GPP authors. There are two files that refer to licensing issues and 
they are COPYING and README. COPYING is just a verbatim copy of LGPL 
text. README just refers to COPYING for licensing terms. If there should 
be a "Copyright" or similar file covering exceptions such as software 
being non-library, is there now in fact a licensing problem with GNU GPP?

GPP page at FSF is at: http://directory.fsf.org/GNU/GPP.html

Sorry for being pedantic here but I am considering to use LGPL for a 
software package that is not a software library in any sense and 
therefore I would need to know exactly how to do it when LGPL is 
actually requiring modifications to be software libraries.

Thanks.