> giving them the object code to relink it wasn’t enough for them (which would satisfy the spirit of LGPL)
Doesn't that also satisfy the letter of the LGPL v2?
> Accompany the work with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code for the Library [...] and, if the work is an executable linked with the Library, with the complete machine-readable "work that uses the Library", as object code and/or source code, so that the user can modify the Library and then relink to produce a modified executable containing the modified Library
Doesn't that also satisfy the letter of the LGPL v2?
> Accompany the work with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code for the Library [...] and, if the work is an executable linked with the Library, with the complete machine-readable "work that uses the Library", as object code and/or source code, so that the user can modify the Library and then relink to produce a modified executable containing the modified Library