GPL

[Les Mikesell]

Tim wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 13:39 +0100, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
>> But you do not merely "use" libraries, you include them in the
>> program.
> 
> "Included" in the sense of compiling that code into your own, or simply
> having their library file added in with your collection of files?

The interesting case is where source is distributed that, when compiled 
links to both GPL'd and non-GPL'd libraries.  The FSF would like us to 
believe that such source cannot legally be distributed unless there is 
an equivalent non-GPL'd library that could be used as a substitute for 
the GPL'd one.  Or the equivalent case where binaries are distributed 
that do the same run time linking with shared libraries.

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   Les Mikesell
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