On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 08:32:09AM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > Wouldn't the C library, of all libs, fall under the "normally > distributed with the major components of the operating system on which > the executable runs" clause of the GPL?
Irrelevant. In addition to what Peter said, you should see this clause in its historical context: when the GPL was written, there was no viable free operating system; if you wanted to use Free Software, you had to run it on a non-free operating system. This is an 'escape clause' to make that possible -- without this clause, you wouldn't even have been allowed to run emacs on AIX, or so. Which is not the intention. -- The amount of time between slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is precisely one bananosecond -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
