[zeromq-dev] If we compile ZeroMQ sources without modifying them, and link the resulting DLL to an executable that is part of our commercial product , does this make our whole product become a software under LGPL license?

[Am Shalem, Shlomo [BWIIL]]

Hello

We are two people in our company, who are getting to opposite conclusions, when reading the license and the license FAQ...
Could you please help us with the doubt?

If we compile ZeroMQ sources without modifying them, and link the resulting DLL to an executable that is part of  our  commercial product ,

  1.  Does this make our whole product become a software under LGPL license?
  2.  OR does this maintain it as legal, closed-source software?

Thanks

Motivation: We are interested in compiling the sources because we are using a late version of VisualStudio for which we did not find compiled DLL in the ZeroMQ depository.

Shlomo Am-Shalem
Software Team Leader, Security Designer
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