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Re: [address@hidden: GPL version 4]
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: [address@hidden: GPL version 4] |
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Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:03:14 -0400 |
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In article <mailman.14858.1216240721.18990.gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org>,
Ciaran O'Riordan <ciaran@fsfe.org> wrote:
> The linking restrictions in the GPL are there to prevent people from using
> GPL'd software as the basis for a larger, non-free software package.
And if you do want to allow your software to be linked with non-free
software, you can use the LGPL instead of the GPL. It requires that the
free library be propagated freely, while allowing the software that
links to it to be proprietary.
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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