On Oct 10, 7:10 pm, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Cox writes: > > (1) Can I dynamically link my application with free libraries already > > present on the target system, even if they're GPL'ed? (specifically, > > libbfd, part of binutils, I believe; and gdbm) > > Not without first consulting a good copyright lawyer experienced in Free > Software law. The FSF says that what you propose to do would infringe > their copyrights. Perhaps you could be a teat case. >
And of course they'd probably never grant permission or alternative licenses to do it since that would go against the principle of freedom for all, right? > > (2) If a required GPL library is missing on the user's system, can I > > include a copy of this library in my software distribution? > > See above. > -- > John Hasler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dancing Horse Hill > Elmwood, WI USA _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
