Am I allowed to static link it?

[Shachar Shemesh]

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, the license is everything compatible, but it is close to impossible, 
technically, to static link it!!!

It's a C++ library, and it requires the entire C++ standard stuff. I've 
sent a last resort message of despair to ICU4C-SUPPORT, and am starting 
to work on FriBiDi interface.

          Shachar

Shachar Shemesh wrote:

> Shachar Shemesh wrote:
>
>> The static link question seems simple enough. I know that Mozilla 
>> uses ICU, and I think OpenOffice does too. Both of them don't have a 
>> runtime dependancy on it (or else it would be available for redhat, 
>> right?). This means they either static link it or imported the 
>> sources into their app.
>
>
> Their license is an X type license. I'm only distributing, not 
> merging, so there is no "derived work" issues here. There are 
> documentation issues, perhaps.
>
> http://oss.software.ibm.com/cvs/icu/~checkout~/icu/license.html
>


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