Re: About GPL and proprietary software
От | Ron Johnson |
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Тема | Re: About GPL and proprietary software |
Дата | |
Msg-id | 1062519689.7341.215.camel@haggis обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: About GPL and proprietary software (Gianni Mariani <gianni@mariani.ws>) |
Список | pgsql-general |
On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 10:39, Gianni Mariani wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > >On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 08:52, Jonathan Bartlett wrote: > > > > > >>I think the main issue in dynamic linking is whether or not you used the > >>GPL headers. If you did, then you are in fact combining your work with a > >>GPL work. If you did not, then how is one to know _which_ library you are > >>linking against. It could be the GPL library, but it could also be any > >>other library which exports the same symbols. If I link to Motif, I am > >>not obliging myself to the GPL just because Lesstif exists. > >> > >> > > > >Exactly. If you use GPL headers, then you are tying (i.e. "linking" > >in the grammatical sense) yourself to that GPL software, and *that* > >would mean that you must GPL your own software. > > > > > > Would that mean that any software compiled with GCC that uses standard > headers and released commercially is now under the GPL ? > > Hence BSD and other free licences ? > > There is a huge body of code that this applies to that is not deemed > covered by the GPL today and they're going to be awfully upset if you're > right. Well, fortunately, IANAL, so if I'm wrong, I can blame it on that. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. ron.l.johnson@cox.net Jefferson, LA USA "My advice to you is to get married: If you find a good wife, you will be happy; if not, you will become a philosopher." Socrates
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