--- Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Piotr Roszatycki writes: > > > Hi. > > > > I'd like to package DBDesigner4 (See Bug#204475, > > http://www.fabforce.net/dbdesigner4/). It is very > useful application written > > with Kylix. > > > > The application itself is on the GPL. > > > > It can be compiled with trial version of Borland > Kylix. My question - is it > > enough for legal redistribution of compiled > binaries? > > Unless you have a "linking exception" from the > DBDesigner4 upstream > authors, you are not allowed to distribute > DBDesigner4 (in binary > form) linked against any GPL-incompatible library. > Are the Kylix > libraries GPL-compatible -- for example, in terms of > source code being > freely distributable and modifiable? If you cannot > distribute those > libraries under the terms of the GPL, including the > promise to provide > source, then you can only distribute DBDesigner4 as > source code. >
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