On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 14:57, Michael Meskes wrote: > On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 02:26:14PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > IANAL, but according to my understanding > > (1) proprietary s/w that dynamically links to "GPL" shared libraries > > has not broken the GPL. > > Sure? My understanding is that it does break GPL. That's why there's an > LGPL.
Well, there's this: http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#LinkingWithGPL and this: http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#LinkingOverControlledInterface http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-devel/2000-April/010043.html Linus thinks that dynamic linking is ok, RMS doesn't, but gives an example boilerplate that says how dynamic linking can be ok w/ the GPL. It's definitely a grey area. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "Millions of Chinese speak Chinese, and it's not hereditary..." Dr. Dean Edell ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
