On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 02:26:12PM +0200, Markus Meyer wrote: > > -----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.
But glibc is GPL-compatible, so it isn't the same on GNU/Linux. > An application wouldn't even be able to open a file or output > a string without this. Theoretical it would be possible, pratical not. > 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. To quote the GPL: 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. IANAL, but I think it's allowed to have a GPL'd plex86 running on windows, not? Jeroen Dekkers -- Jabber supporter - http://www.jabber.org Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org http://www.gnu.org IRC: jeroen@openprojects
