Re: loading proprietary code from GPL

[Alexander Terekhov]

noamtm wrote:
> 
> Does the GPL (v2) allow a GPL'd program to dynamically load and
> execute proprietary code? The binary in question is a compiled and
> linked plugin. The GPL'd program is a forked version of a GPL'd
> program, with the functionality to load this plugin added to it.

http://www.usfca.edu/law/determann/softwarecombinations060403.pdf
http://www.law.washington.edu/LCT/Events/FOSS/MootFacts.pdf
http://www.law.washington.edu/LCT/Events/FOSS/OmegaBrief.pdf
http://www.law.washington.edu/LCT/Events/FOSS/AlphaBrief.pdf
http://www.law.washington.edu/LCT/Events/FOSS/media/03.%20Beyond%20the%20Basics%20-%20Moot%20Court.mp3

regards,
alexander.

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