On Oct 11, 3:10 am, 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.
I am mighty confused now. Are you saying that what I'm planning to do is not possible? If not, why? I mean, off the top of my head I could probably think of a dozen packages that already do the same; heck, they even distribute GPL'ed dll's on Windows without source. I mean, we're talking about dynamic linking, not extending some GPL software. Anyways, there should be enough precedence. > > (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. See above. -- Mike Cox (the_real_mike_cox) [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
