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Re: using GPL api to be used in a properietary software
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Henrik S. Hansen |
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Re: using GPL api to be used in a properietary software |
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Sun, 13 Mar 2005 00:11:12 +0100 |
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Stefaan A Eeckels <tengo@DELETEMEecc.lu> writes:
> The answers in the GPL FAQ are the opinion of the FSF's
> legal counsel (hopefully).
Right. Which is an indicator that they have analysed the matters in
depth, and that they have the competence to do so.
> The OS is equally "required to make the program work", but I'm sure
> you can see that claiming that thence every program is a derivative
> work of the OS is not going to be very productive for Free Software
> authors (and users).
Using standard Unix/POSIX system calls is not considered a derivative
work.
> The law should not be the only yardstick for our behaviour, something
> we, as a society, tend to forget too often nowadays.
Well spoken. I couldn't agree more.
--
Henrik S. Hansen http://freecode.dk/~hsh/
Computer science (software engineering) student
Free Software Foundation member #1702 (http://member.fsf.org)
- Re: using GPL api to be used in a properietary software, (continued)
- Re: using GPL api to be used in a properietary software, Stefaan A Eeckels, 2005/03/12
- Re: using GPL api to be used in a properietary software, Alexander Terekhov, 2005/03/12
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