> Mark Rafn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Not at all. The GPL prohibits _distributing_ a GPL program linked against > > GPL-incompatible libraries. Anyone is free to _use_ a GPL program as they > > see fit. I can happily link any GPL software against anything I like, > > though I'm not always allowed to distribute the result.
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Brian T. Sniffen wrote: > Not true. Linking is considered modification by the FSF, so you need > to accept the license to link the GPL'd software against a library. Ok, even if I accept this interpretation (which I don't), I can still link to whatever I want, because I can modify it in unfree ways. I "accept" the GPL, and am allowed to modify in any way I see fit under section 2, but cannot distribute the result under section 3. I'll also argue that linking is not modification, but not right now. -- Mark Rafn [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.dagon.net/>
