Hello Harald and the list, Harald Kipp napsal(a): > It's perfectly legitimate to _distribute_ a *GPL compliant* DLL with > GPL'ed executables. > > It's perfectly legitimate to _run_ a *non GPL compliant* DLL with GPL'ed > executables. The intention of GPL is to explicitly give users the > freedom to use GPL software in any way they see fit. > >> Transparent attempts at circumventing GPL lie down this >> same path, so keep your eyes peeled :-) > > AFAIK, adding support for a non-compliant DLL in GPL code is not > circumventing any GPL clause that I know of, neither directly not > indirectly.
so is your belief that it is GPL compliant to also distribute GPLed binary that includes support for a closed DLL which is actually not required to use the binary, as there is a free alternative compiled in? (e.g. bitbang parallel port driver or libtfdi support) Thank you for your opinion. Best regards, Pavel _______________________________________________ Openocd-development mailing list Openocd-development@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development
