On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 04:25:41PM -0500, Jim Jagielski wrote: > Joe Orton wrote: > > > > Bringing this up in the appropriate forum. IANAL, but... > > > > gdbm is licensed under the GNU GPL. apr_dbm_gdbm.c uses the GDBM > > interface, hence is a work based on GDBM, hence all of apr-util must be > > redistributed only under the terms of the GPL. > > > > We just use the gdbm API, don't we? As such, I don't think that > GPL applies.
Use of the API is usually interpreted as forming a derivative work under copyright law, and I'm certain it's the FSF's interpretation, which is what counts here. C'mon, think about it: if you could link random bits of code against a library licensed under the GPL without forming a derivative work, the GPL would be fairly pointless and certainly not very "viral" as everyone gets so upset about. joe
