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

[Florian Weimer]

* Antonis Christofides:

> I have a licensing problem (I want to release my Delphi code under the
> GPLv3, and I need to know if I need to introduce additional permissions
> to link with the Delphi libraries, and whether I can use third-party
> GPLv3 code in my code; Delphi is a nonfree commercial IDE, similar to
> MS Visual C++ and MS VB). There's a FSF GPLv3 FAQ that summarizes my
> problem well:

Yes, it is better to add such exceptions because your application may
be ported to free operating systems one day, and these cannot use the
system library exception in the GPL version 3.  (The ongoing OpenSSL
issues reinforce this point.)