Re: Distribution plans.

[tb@MIT.EDU (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)]

Gordon Matzigkeit <gord@trick.fig.org> writes:

>  MB> Oh, also. I'm pretty sure we want to discourage proprietary
>  MB> software running on the HURD (ie, linking to HURD's
>  MB> libraries). Will the HURD be 100% GPL or will some parts of it be
>  MB> Lesser GPL?
> 
> The Hurd is GPLed.  However, the Hurd's libraries are only useful for
> developing your own kernel servers; most programs only depend on
> glibc, which is LGPLed.

This is correct.  A program which only links against glibc can be
distributed under the LPGL terms.  

But a program which is only useful when linked against the Hurd
libraries would be covered by the GPL.

Thomas