Talk:GPL linking exception

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I don't understand the intent of the following sentence. I think it's missing a crucial phrase like "commercial organization", but I don't want to change the meaning. Can it be clarified?

The use of the linking exception permit to develop Java programs built on the GNU Classpath implementation
without having to distribute them under the LGPL license.

Gezzas Man 20:28, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

I tried to clarify the sentence a little, what do you think ? Hervegirod 22:22, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I've fixed that part. The exception has actually been introduced to make it possible have a Java toolchain that creates natively compiled binaries, without the resulting programs having to allow re-linking. In particular regarding code that ends up in ROMs, using the LGPL would create problems with compliance with the 'relinking' clause of the LGPL. For that reason, Mono chose MIT/X11 for its libraries, and GNU Classpath went with GPL+linking exception.

The LGPL&Java article had nothing to do with it. The exception predates that by a couple of years, so it can not have played a role in its creation, unless it travelled back in time. ;) Dalibor Topic.

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