FAQ: LGPL code must remain LGPL
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- Kind
- FAQ excerpt
- Excerpt
- "any LGPL'ed code must remain licensed under the LGPL. For instance, you can change the code from 7-Zip or write a wrapper for some code from 7-Zip and compile it into a DLL; but, the source code of that DLL (including your modifications / additions / wrapper) must be licensed under the LGPL or GPL. Any other code in your application can be licensed as you wish."
- Locator
- FAQ, Developer FAQ, "Can I use the source code of 7-Zip in a commercial application?"
- Applies to
- Modified or wrapped 7-Zip source code must stay under the LGPL or GPL; other application code may use any licence
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