> 
> > One thing I know is that LGPL allows linking with non-LGPL programs, but
> > GPL does not.  It's a good thing that GNU libc (the one that Linux uses)
> > is LGPL, because if it was GPL it would be illegal to compile non-GNU C
> > programs on Linux!  It's unclear where Squeak images would fall here --
> > is loading Smalltalk code into Squeak "linking", or is it making a
> > derivative of the base image?  Blah, let's be happy we're not using one
> > of these licenses and so don't have to decide.  :)
> 
> The question on how the image works in this is very much open I guess.
>  
> > Otherwise, LGPL and GPL are pretty similar, and perhaps even identical. 
> > For example, they both disallow commercial use of the software.
> 
> Nope, I believe YOU are wrong regarding this last sentence actually.
> 

Yeah, I sure bungled that one!  To try again, they *equally*
*inconvience* commercial use of the software, except regarding linking.

-Lex