Rjack wrote:

> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out this bit o'
>> wisdom:
>> 
>>> Writing source code that can call functions from a library does
>>> not involve copying the library.
>> 
>> No, but linking to it does.
> 
> The GPL *allows* a library to be loaded into memory and subsequently
> executed (i.e. glibc.so.xxx). So how does "linking" (call [a routine]
> and return) to that code violate anything?
> 

Oh, that poor dimwitted RJack at his lost cause again.

Ever heard of that special exceptions clause in the GPL concerning system 
libraries?
-- 
Law of Probable Dispersal:
Whatever it is that hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.


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