On 10/30/2013 5:36 AM, Boris Kolpackov wrote: > I am pleased to announce the release of ODB 2.3.0.
Just to kick the hornets' nest: "By linking with the ODB runtime libraries (directly or indirectly, statically or _dynamically_...your application is subject to the terms of the GPL and/or NCUEL which both require that you release the source code of your application if and when you distribute it." I'm a bit confused by this clause in the licensing. I realize that Stallman et. al. consider any kind of interaction between an application and a shared library to be a "derived work" (which I do not agree with), according to Galoob v. Nintendo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galoob_v._Nintendo), to be considered a derivative work, the Court of Appeals ruled that a program "must incorporate a portion of the copyrighted work in some form" (which I actually do agree with). So, attempting to enforce GPLv2 on a work that only dynamically links to a shared library covered by that license would be, I think, not only an exercise in futility, but also -- according to this ruling -- illegal. ( No, I'm not a lawyer. :) )
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