Re:John Deere's ongoing GPL violations: What's next
by mfuzzey on Thursday March 16, 2023 @04:11PM
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>I can't understand how you can let someone update part of the code on something compiled.
You can provide your closed source part as a precompiled library or object file together with the source code for the LGPL part and build scripts that let the recipient relink it with a (possibly modified version of) the LGPL code to generate a new final binary.
A pain yes but not impossible.
Having a screen or not is irrelevant, nothing says the recipient has to access the source on the same device as the binaries run.
You can provide your closed source part as a precompiled library or object file together with the source code for the LGPL part and build scripts that let the recipient relink it with a (possibly modified version of) the LGPL code to generate a new final binary.
A pain yes but not impossible. Having a screen or not is irrelevant, nothing says the recipient has to access the source on the same device as the binaries run.