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Subject: Re: Software Licensing; the GNU GPL and EPICS
From: Steven Hartman <[email protected]>
To: Andrew Johnson <[email protected]>
Cc: tech talk <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:06:26 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Andrew Johnson wrote:
> One question that nobody can answer (because the courts would probably
> have to rule on this) is whether it's legal to actually load a program
> that links together GPL and non-free software, because such a combination
> involves the act of copying.

The GPL FAQ seems to address this though from a different point of view.

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#LinkingWithGPL

Q.	You have a GPL'ed program that I'd like to link with my code to
	build a proprietary program. Does the fact that I link with your
	program mean I have to GPL my program?

A.	Yes.

IANAL and TINLA,
-- 
Steve Hartman
[email protected] | 919-660-2650
Duke Free Electron Laser Laboratory





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