On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Martin Simmons wrote:
Alan> Proprietary code including lesser GPL (lGPL) libraries is not forced into
Alan> the GPL either.
Quite correct, but isn't there a common problem is that something is GPL but
you want to use a small part of it as a library?
If the libraries are covered by lGPL then you're fine, if not you have to
write your own.
The whole thrust of GPL is to prevent proprietary lockup of pooled common
knowledge. Why should a company benefit/profit from using "free" code
representing thousands of hours of work by hundreds of people, and not
expect to contribute something in return?
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