Victor;150085 Wrote: > I am curious as to how you derived this conclusion that linking against > GPL shared libraries makes your application GPL as well?
Depends on what you call your "application". Your source code, which is 100% written by you, may be distributed under whatever license you see fit. A compiled binary, however, contains code derived from your code and the library code. It is a derivitave work of both the library code and your own. This is why most libraries are not distributed under the GPL (as others have pointed out). Most libraries are licensed such that they allow essentially unhindered redistribution of derivitave works (LGPL, BSD, etc). It's extremely cut-and-dry, and I suppose the reason there's never been a court challenge on this aspect is because it's so very clear. -- CatBus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CatBus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7461 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28873 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
