Hi, I'm trying to learn about and understand the GPL and I hope I can present this question in a coherent manner.
Let's say I'm the copyright holder to a proprietary program P. I want to change the license for P to use the GPL. However P is heavily dependent on a 3rd party proprietary library L. The license for L does not permit the redistribution of L's source, and you can only redistribute L's binaries if you have a "development license" for L. Also, L does not fit the definition for a "system library". At first I thought no problem - GPLv2 and v3 have a provision for the copyright holder to give permission to link P with GPL-incompatible libraries lilke L. However, let's say I want to integrate a GPL covered library G into my new GPL program P. However, unlike P, the license for G does NOT have a provision saying it's okay to link G with L. So could P link with G and L and be redistributed like that? Thanks! Scott _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
