Gordon Matzigkeit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > MB> Oh, also. I'm pretty sure we want to discourage proprietary > MB> software running on the HURD (ie, linking to HURD's > MB> libraries). Will the HURD be 100% GPL or will some parts of it be > MB> Lesser GPL? > > The Hurd is GPLed. However, the Hurd's libraries are only useful for > developing your own kernel servers; most programs only depend on > glibc, which is LGPLed.
This is correct. A program which only links against glibc can be distributed under the LPGL terms. But a program which is only useful when linked against the Hurd libraries would be covered by the GPL. Thomas
