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Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs
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Rui Miguel Seabra |
Subject: |
Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs |
Date: |
Tue, 06 Jul 2004 23:23:33 +0100 |
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 00:15 +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> No other conclusion makes sense. If it were not the case, then
> any program using the applications program interfaces (APIs) of an
> operating system could be considered a derivative work of that
> operating system.
Yes, that's right. That's why the glibc is LGPL and not GPL.
> And, under the exclusive right to prepare
> derivative works, the copyright owner of an operating system such
> as Microsoft Windows could control who was allowed to write
> programs for that operating system.
More and more. Right now Microsoft is trying to prevent creation of
GPL'ed software on Windows toolkits...
Rui
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- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/07/06
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, David Kastrup, 2004/07/06
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- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, David Kastrup, 2004/07/06
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- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Arnoud Engelfriet, 2004/07/07
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