Copyright licenses?

[cYs Driver]

Basically i've got a project that contains a library licensed under the LGPL and library with MIT'd code. I know these 2 libraries are compatible from the list on the GNU site but what must i do with my application in order to comply with them, I'd preferably like to not have to distribute the source code of a section of my application but this part also uses some of the controls and functions from the LGPL'd library.... I'm not sure if i can do this with the lesser GPL. Could some please tell me?

[Lazy Bastard]

Moved to the R&D forum.

[Parasyte]

LGPL means, in short, that if you link to the library, your sources do not necessarily have to be distributed (under LGPL or otherwise). But if you actually use the code in your project, you will have to release the entire source code under LGPL.

This can be seen as a slightly better situation than with GPL code; GPL is more viral, and requires release under GPL if the code is linked to a GPL binary in any way.

I don't know about the MIT license.

[misfire]

In other words:
- Linking dynamically to LGPL libraries is allowed without the need to apply the (L)GPL to your code.
- Linking statically requires the (L)GPL.