Re: Partial distribution of GPL source

[Alexander Terekhov]

lichen678 wrote:
[...]
> I don't entirely follow the legalese, 

That's because it's Stallmanese, not legalese. But anyway, according 
to the FSF itself, one must convert that LGPL'd stuff to GPL per LGPL 
Section 3 in order to use that stuff "combined"/"linked" with GPL'd 
stuff. So the LGPL is irrellevant.

http://www.linuxrising.org/files/licensingfaq.html

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We paid the FSF to have them provide us these answers. So these answers
are verified correct by people like FSF lawyer and law professor Eben
Moglen.

Question: Can someone for example distribute

1. GStreamer, the LGPL library
2. Totem, a GPL playback application
3. The binary-only Sorenson decoder

together in one distribution/operating system ?

If not, what needs to be changed to make this possible ?

Answer: This would be a problem, because the GStreamer and Totem
licenses would forbid it. In order to link GStreamer to Totem, you
need to use section 3 of the LGPL to convert GStreamer to GPL.

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regards,
alexander.