From: Ian Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 04:05:37PM -0700, Simon Cooke wrote: > > Ummm... actually, no; a GPL'd program can call whatever it likes, without > > the libs it uses having to be GPL'd too. It's a purist thing to have them > > all as GPL'd libraries, and not explicitly necessary. > > Incorrect. If the GPL program calls a library that's not GPL then that > library has to be something fairly standard that is usually supplied with > the operating system. (Hence all the hoohar over KDE folks recompiling a > load of GPL apps to use QT which is non-GPL and only comes with _some_ > versions of Linux.)
I'd suggest that you re-read the GPL. If a program relies on another GPL'd program for its functionality, that program must be GPL'd (unless that other program is LGPLd - which was the reason for the creation of the Lesser GPL, which Stallman is trying to get rid of these days). However, there's no restriction on GPL'd programs relying on other libraries which are not GPL'd - it's just a matter of taste. Simon
