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Re: GPL question
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Alexander Terekhov |
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Re: GPL question |
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Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:47:33 +0100 |
John Hasler wrote:
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> Nicholas R. Markham writes:
> > It certainly appears that I would have to distribute the program under
> > the GPL, or not distribute it at all.
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> You must distribute the program that is linked to the GPL library under the
> GPL.
You must not.
> The other programs are unaffected as distributing them together with
> the GPL one is mere aggregation and allowed by the GPL.
Markham, your program IS "the other program" under copyright law. You
can mere aggregate it together with the GPl'd "library" program in one
executable/ditro/ISO-image/file-system/archive/medium/whatnot.
regards,
alexander.