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LGPL does not allow static linking without disclosure.

It is why the wxWidgets has a license that allows creating monolithic commercial blob dependent binaries for Windows, Linux Gtk/X11, and MacOS.

https://wxwidgets.org/about/licence/

People should not static link GPL/LGPL code to closed source blobs, and expect copyright/copyleft trolls to leave their project violating licenses. =3



Why would you want to not disclose that you used an LGPL library?


LGPL requires whatever you static link it with is GPL/OSS.

This is sometimes impossible with mystery binary blobs from manufacturers. =3




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