colin wrote:
> Also, I don't think you (Jeroen and User1) really understand the GPL. You
> can't "sheild" proprietory code from the GPL by an LGPL layer.

This is true.

> Proprietory
> code and GPL code can only coexist under two circumstances: 1) the copyright
> holder grants an specific excetion or relicenses under a different license to
> permit this coexistance and 2) the inherent exception that allows GPL
> programs on proprietory OSes or proprietory programs on GPL OSes, where
> either can run without the other and so is not considered a "derived work".

Or 3) The explicit exception in GPL[*] which allows GPLed programs to be
written for, and run on, operating systems which are not themselves
GPLed.  This would allow Plex86 to be hosted on Windows even if it were
GPLed (which I am not suggesting).

[*] 3. ... However, as a special exception, the source code distributed
need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source
or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on)
of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that
component itself accompanies the executable.

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