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by mkl 2326 days ago
It can be linked in proprietary programs even if they do make modifications, they just need to release the modified source code (of the LGPL library). The trickier obstacle is that it is required to be able to replace the LGPL library with another version in the proprietary program. I.e. the LGPL library must be dynamically linked, or the linkable compiled object code for the rest of the proprietary program must be provided so the program can be relinked statically.