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On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 08:28, Svyatogor wrote: |
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> Hmm, this all issue with GPL seems o be quite strange. Let's take as an |
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> example Gaim, which is under GPL license. The have a Windows build, thus |
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> linking against proprietary libraries (Win32 API). In this case it is |
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> ok, but with XFree it seems to cause problems :/ |
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We were just discussing this the other day, actually. |
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The end of clause 3 of the GPL: |
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"However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not |
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include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or |
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binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of |
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the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component |
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itself accompanies the executable." |
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In general, operating systems are excepted, and things included with the |
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toolchain are excepted. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Gentoo Linux |
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