Re: LICENSES [was: Re: Have you seen this?]
On 10 Oct 1998, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
> Sorry, I must be too tired. I misread a paragraph of yours, so some
> of my previous message probably don't make much sense.
>
> You say that linking constitutes making a derived works of the object
> files and libraries being linked together. Does that mean that you
> think Debian should convert libc and so on from the LGPL to the GPL in
> order to comply with the license of the GPL'd applications in main?
as mentioned at least once before, glibc is distributed with the operating
system. therefore the special exception applies.
how many times do we have to chase this one around?
this hair-splitting is just a distraction from the real question. see
previous messages for details.
craig
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craig sanders
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