Re: Once for all and one last time (was Future of openLilyLib)

[Simon Albrecht]

Dear Karsten and list,

On 22.09.20 22:40, Karsten Reincke wrote:
> 5) I've learned, that all(?) of you consider this an untenable if not 
> silly position and that the PDFs and midi-files compiled by Lilypond 
> are never affected by the strong copyleft effect of the GPL. That's 
> good to hear. But I don't understand, why - under this circumstances - 
> it should be garbage to add a respective clarifying statement (the 
> 'include clause' or however you want to name it), if it is at least 
> partially conceivable that such a position will be taken and if all of 
> you do not want to use / establish its consequences. But that's my 
> problem. 


I would like to join in asking this question, namely what’s the reason 
not to add such an ‘include clause’? (Am I correct in gathering that 
LGPL basically means GPL + such an include clause?)

Best,
Simon