On Sun, 2023-01-15 at 14:12 +0100, Arne Schwabe wrote: > Am 15.01.23 um 14:10 schrieb Matthias Andree: > > Am 15.01.23 um 12:44 schrieb Gert Doering: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 05:28:09PM -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > > > > What do you mean "a source"? every apache licensed library > > > > that's statically linked with a GPLv2 program would be an > > > > example of this ... in the early days there was no dynamic > > > > linking, so all the early GNU tools were statically linked with > > > > wodges of proprietary binary gunk. > > > > > > These "early day" precede the creation of the Apache license or > > > GPLv2 by many years. > > > > Certainly not the GPLv2 (1991). GPLv3 (2007) maybe. This seems to > > be the oldest converted to Git and reachable from the 2.5 and 2.6 > > carrying branches: > > I think Gert wanted to say that the days before dynamic libraries > were not invented yet and every was linked statically was well before > the GPL.
The GNU project began in 1982. Static libraries for SYS-V were initially proposed around 1986 and didn't become widespread until the 90s. James _______________________________________________ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
