Installshield 6 (inter-proc) patches

[Patrik Stridvall]

> > Then if the LGPL holes are dangerous, the X11 license should be even
> > more dangerous; after all it's a much larger hole than the LGPL will
> > ever have. I still don't understand where you are trying to go with
> > your argument.
> > 
> This has been my argument against Patrick exactly.  Some 
> protection is 
> better than none at all.

As a general rule, yes.

However this time the protection comes with a price.
 
> > You really make it sound like the LGPL is some kind of unexplored
> > wilderness that we shouldn't venture into. The fact is that a large
> > majority of free software projects use either the GPL or 
> the LGPL, and
> > in practice it works just fine for them, just as I'm confident it
> > would work just fine for us.
> > 
> Agreed.  The LGPL is a very well-written fairly clear 
> license.  There are 
> some borderline cases as mentioned, but this does not mean 
> that we should 
> thus throw the possibilty of LGPL completely out the window.

The problem is not whether LGPL is well written or not the
problem it is the doctrine of derived work. That is very
unclear because of lack of good case law.