On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:49:03 +0100 Mohamed El Morabity <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I'm currently packaging swftools for the Linux distribution Fedora. > During the review process of my work (see > https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1252), a licensing issue > was detected: SWFTools (GPL licensed) can be linked to pdflib which is > not free. In such a case, an explicit exception to the GPL must be put > in the distributed sources, as described here: > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs > > So is it possible to put such an exception in sources, to comply with > the GPL? With respect, I think you are referring to the wrong section of the GPL faq. The part which deals with the use of non-free libraries, is here, http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#FSWithNFLibs Regards, -- Chris <[email protected]>
