Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++

[Hyman Rosen]

On 2/1/2010 2:00 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> You can't have it both ways.

A combined work may be created only by license from the rights
holders of the components. That's how GPL "contagion" works,
and the various GPL and LGPL requirements on distributing source
of other aggregated components are effective. However, a program
which links dynamically to libraries upon being executed is not
a combined work of those libraries while it is being copied and
distributed, and therefore those libraries do not fall under the
purview of the license(s) of the program.

It is not a matter of having something both ways, it is a matter
of knowing when copyright requirements apply and when they do not.