OT: Two ways Microsoft sabotages Linux desktop adoption

[Donald Arseneau]

Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net> writes:

> However, linking a "work that uses the Library" with the Library creates an
> executable that is a derivative of the Library (because it contains portions
> of the Library), rather than a "work that uses the library".

This "linking" is what we'd normally refer to as "static linking",
where the library code is included in the executable.  Dynamic 
linking to a shared object library does not cause portions of the
library to be included in the executable.


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Donald Arseneau                          asnd at triumf.ca