[CLUE-Talk] GPL Question

[Jeffery C. Cann]

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On Wednesday 14 March 2001 13:59, Grant Johnson wrote:
> Has there been any definitive answer on what constitutes "linking?"
>
> Since my software runs on LInux, indirectly, Linux kernel calls happen as a
> result of what my application does.  Is this linking?  fopen fires up
> something in glibc, which fires up something in the kernel.  This is
> linking (just once removed).
>
> The question becomes an issue when a customer wants a system, is interested
> in Linux, but for whatever reason does not want to distribute under the
> GPL.

This is why Linus declared one day (a few years ago) that linking is covered 
under the LGPL.  (Library GNU Public License).

Go read the GNU web site for details...

Jeff

>
> Any help?  I just want to keep myself out of trouble.  As for the other way
> around, what if a GPL program is ported to Windows?  Does this present a
> problem?  If you use the MS C compiler, it WILL like routines from
> msvcrt20.dll and msvcrt40.dll.  How do we get around this?  How do we port
> applications to windows without violating the GPL, since all of the API's
> are undocumented and hidden in their proprietary DLL's?
>
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