Do dynamic linked executables really need to not be GPL ? I mean, application subdivision in modules has nothing to not be accepted at courts as a valid concept.
Your module/lib is GPL but code linked to it must not be and this is not a violation of GPL. Provided that the code to your module/lib is sent with the binaries, the rest of code (non-gpl modules) dont need to be provided. software modularization is accepted at courts just like a car subdivision in mechanical modules, at least when they are dynamically linked. Think about this : Can you think about the relationship of your modules versus someone else modules as being intrinsecally the same relation between linux and proprietary apps that happen to run in linux ? Because (putting informational security concerns besides) the userland apps calls kernel routines just like any app would call a library routine, the difference is mainly due to security concerns as the kernel code must be secured from userland. But as long as this is dynamically linked, i dont see "judicial" differences here. Thats my view and i am not a lawyer. 2012/7/27 Mark Morgan Lloyd <markmll.fpc-pas...@telemetry.co.uk>: > Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> first let me express my apologies for the off topic question. >> >> I'm having trouble to choose the correct gpl lisence for a new open >> source project that i'm starting. I want the project to be open source >> gpl'ed so it can be accepted in distro's like Debian. But, at the same >> time, because the structure is modular, i want the possibility, to be >> used by anyone in commercial applications. >> >> Can anyone give a hint and/or a suggestion ? > > > Possibly multiple licenses: the license is determined by how somebody has > got the code from you irrespective of whether he could have got it > elsewhere. Alternatively, the basic framework is GPL but dynamically-linked > extensions are proprietary. > > I suppose that the bigger question is: how does one find an affordable > lawyer, well-versed in the laws covering the major jurisdictions? > > -- > Mark Morgan Lloyd > markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk > > [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues] > > _______________________________________________ > fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org > http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal