12 Nov
2002
12 Nov
'02
6:11 p.m.
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Mark Knecht wrote:
pieces, the audio stuff and the GUI, and I obey the
GPL for that code, why
does something that I write that links to it have to be GPL'ed? My code is
my code. Paul's code is his. He's made the interface public. Does the GPL
license really say that if someone tries to talk to a piece of GPL'ed code
they have to make all of their work public also?
I'm not qualified to answer this, but my working definition is that the
LGPL specifically allows non-GPL programs to link to them. Since this is
the main difference from the GPL, I infer that the GPL does not allow
this.
But it all depends on if something can be considered a derivative work.
And maybe static vs dynamic linking is involved also. I'm confused now.
And I certainly didn't mean to morph the "image" thread into a GPL
discussion. My apologies.
Taybin
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