GPL vs. LPGL (off topic) (Score 1)

I have a question on the GPL/LGPL issue. If for instance someone releases a GPL'ed library of some sort, and I want to use it, does that mean the my code will automatically become GPL'ed because I linked to their code? Is this what the LGPL license allows? If I use LGPL code and link to it, then I can protect my code as long as when I distribute it, I distribute the LGPL stuff I used along with it?