[dspillett]

> It is often not viable to jump through the hoops required to do it.

Having it as a dynamic library isn't that problematic a hoop is it?

>That is, if your lawyers will even let you try.

This may be a genuine issue. Many have a strict "nothing related to GPL" policy driven at least partly by misunderstanding or paranoia.

[DagAgren]

Having it as a dynamic library is not enough. It has to be a dynamic library tgat you can replace. This doesn’t work when, for instance, distributing through many app stores.