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Re: SableVM/Kaffe pissing contest



Walter Landry wrote:
> Suppose I have a program Foo which uses either GNU readline.  I can
> compile Foo against GNU readline (but not link it), and distribute the
> result.  I can also distribute GNU readline separately.  But I can not
> distribute foo and GNU readline together.  How is this different from
> your case?

Hold on a second.  You seem to be arguing against the established
interpretation of the GPL here: at least according to the FSF, you may
not distribute the GPL-incompatible Foo compiled against GNU readline,
linked or not.

- Josh Triplett

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