Subject: RE: [linux-audio-dev] image problem
From: Taybin Rutkin (trutkin_AT_physics.clarku.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 13 2002 - 00:07:13 EET
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Mark Knecht wrote:
> pieces, the audio stuff and the GUI, and I obey the GPL for that code, why
> does something that I write that links to it have to be GPL'ed? My code is
> my code. Paul's code is his. He's made the interface public. Does the GPL
> license really say that if someone tries to talk to a piece of GPL'ed code
> they have to make all of their work public also?
I'm not qualified to answer this, but my working definition is that the
LGPL specifically allows non-GPL programs to link to them. Since this is
the main difference from the GPL, I infer that the GPL does not allow
this.
But it all depends on if something can be considered a derivative work.
And maybe static vs dynamic linking is involved also. I'm confused now.
And I certainly didn't mean to morph the "image" thread into a GPL
discussion. My apologies.
Taybin
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