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Re:That Time I Recreated Photoshop in C++ by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Sunday March 16, 2025 @01:28PM (#43380648)
They might be referring to *GPL libraries not allowing proprietary / permissive exes to static-link them. e.g. I think Qt requires its DLLs to be separate on disk as part of the LGPL, unless you buy the commercial license.
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Re:That Time I Recreated Photoshop in C++ by rubymamis on Sunday March 16, 2025 @01:36PM (#43380709)
Please don’t spread misinformation, there’s a HUGE difference between GPL and LGPL, and you CAN statically link with LGPL you just must provide the object files to the user so they can re-link them with any version of Qt they want.
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