License

[Etienne Fortin]

Hi everyone,
I would like to know the fundamental difference between the GPL license
of RTEMS, augmented with the mentionned "special restriction" in the
LICENSE file, and the LGPL license? To me, it looks very similar, but
I'm not too familiar with licensing issues.
 
 
Exception mentionned in LICENSE file:
 
"
As a special exception, including RTEMS header files in a file,
instantiating RTEMS generics or templates, or linking other files
with RTEMS objects to produce an executable application, does not
by itself cause the resulting executable application to be covered
by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not
however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be
covered by the GNU Public License.
"
 
 
Etienne Fortin

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