"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have a proprietary sdk that is being distributed. As part of > > this sdk, I have an /examples/ folder where I include source code > > showing how to use various elements of the sdk in various display > > enviornments. We have on example based on X11, another for > > OpenGL. I want to include a Qt example with my code, as well, > > since there has been some interest in it. The actual sdk being > > released contains no GPL components, and this would merely be an > > example of how to use the SDK and Qt. This example program would > > dynamically link to both Qt and my sdk's library. Does including > > this example source code in my distrubuted tarball put the entire > > thing, including the sdk, under the GPL? > > Of course not - you're not including Qt, are you? If it's source > code you wrote yourself, that happens to call Qt routines, then it > is not subject to the Qt license. > > By linking to a GPLed library, which Qt is, you must abide by that > license.
Sure. But the license does not talk about unrelated software. > Also, the OP is _including_ GPLed source code into his library, not > just linking it. I don't see where you get that idea. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
