In article <[email protected]>, Hyman Rosen <[email protected]> wrote: >Joerg Schilling wrote: > > http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php > > ... >> Yes, the GPL is conformant with this requirement. Software linked with GPLed >> libraries only inherits the GPL if it forms a single work, not any software >> with which they are merely distributed. > >Yes, this is exactly what I've been telling you. Why do you >quote this to me as if it means something opposite? What is >it about "forms a single work" that you don't understand?
A GPL progam that links against an independent library onvioously does not form a "single work" together with the lib. The lib is just used by the program and this is a permitted usage. -- EMail:[email protected] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [email protected] (uni) [email protected] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
