On 21/05/14 12:02, John Colvin wrote:
Also, note that linking to GPL licenced shared libraries/dlls/dylibs or whatever you use doesn't necessarily mean the GPL has got you wrapped in it's rather fuzzy web. AKAIK it's a matter of debate and has never been tested in court
As far as I know, if you link dynamically with a GPL library you're library/application need to be GPL as well. That's why LGPL exists, where it's allowed.
, but it's enough for many current creators/distributors of closed source software for linux who call various GPL system libs via the shared library interfaces.
GPL (and LGPL) has a exception for linking with system libraries. -- /Jacob Carlborg
