Please avoid the term "linking", it does not appear anywhere in the GPL and for this reason. linking is irrelevent for GPL violations.
We are talking about shared libraries here that are loaded on demand (using dlopen). The GPL does not care about linking but it cares about using GPLd software from other software in order to create a derived work. If libgstreamer (being under LGPL) loads and uses libcdio, it becomes a derived work of libcdio and thus must be under GPL. Sun removed libcdio, because libgstreamer cannot be under LGPL (needed for some cases) and GPL at the same time (see LGPL license text). -- libcdio GPL/license violation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181244 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
