> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Im Auftrag von Jeroen Dekkers > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. April 2002 14:03 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Re: [plex86] Re: GPL on Windows (was: new subject) [...] > GPL disallows linking with software not under the GPL. If I'm right, > the driver gets linked with windows itself to be able to run. But I'm > not sure about this, I don't have any knowledge about windows.
Every application on every operation system must link with the OS APIs to run. But that's the same, on Linux, Windows, Solaris, BeOS or whatever. An application wouldn't even be able to open a file or output a string without this. But generally, VXDs link to even fewer APIs that normal programs do. So if this theory is correct, every GPL'd program running on a non-GPL'd operating system would be illegal, what is apparently not the case. Markus
