license advice needed



Hi you all,

I just got a mail of somebody interested in my graph utilities, asking:

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Do you intend that compiling and loading your utilities into the same
running Lisp as my code means that my code must be GPLed, too?
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according to the GPL Faq

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfLibraryIsGPL

or

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLInProprietarySystem

the answer is simply "yes". However, I wonder if it wouldn't be wiser to
release the utilities under the LGPL. I don't think it will be possible to
release his software under the GPL, and I *really* need somebody who helps
me. In any case, the LGPL would be compatible with the maxima project.

Martin