CatBus;150056 Wrote: 
> 
> If I use GPL header files and libraries in code I wrote, and then
> compile it, the resulting binary must be distributed under a GPL
> compatible license.

I am curious as to how you derived this conclusion that linking against
GPL shared libraries makes your application GPL as well?

If that's the case, shouldn't TiVo's entire application suite be GPL'ed
since they link against the GPL licensed stdlib?
Or what about the NVidia binary kernel modules? Since they link against
the GPL kernel libraries to create a binary, shouldn't that binary be
GPL?

I think the issue of using and distributing GPL'ed code (i.e., making
the Linux kernel part of your app) versus linking to a GPL'ed library
is not nearly as clear cut as you described.


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Victor

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