Re: Bug#183860: Many texi files under GFDL use texinfo.tex under GPL
On 31-Dec-03, 06:08 (CST), Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> wrote:
> Oliver,
> "Dynamic linking" in the "getting linked at runtime by the dynamic
> linker" is a different matter. Here it is the same thing happening that
> would be happening at the final linker stage when linking statically,
> namely forming a big address space containing both the library and the
> executable code and adjusting adresses to point inside the other module.
> The image now in memory forms a derivative work, thus the executable
> must be under the GPL or linking the executable (i.e. running it)
> violates the library's license.
No it doesn't, unless you try to distribute a dump of the in-memory
image. Repeat after me: "The GPL covers distribution, not use."
Steve
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