Re: Q: Combining proprietary code and GPL for in-house use
Scripsit Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 10:59:44PM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote:
> > I think RMS's reasoning is that if you ever distribute the library
> > to A, you need to accept the contract called GPL - and in that
> > contract you promise to refrain from ever distributing to B a program
> > that links against that library and is not GPLed.
> If you ever distribute a program which includes GPLed code, you need
> to respect the GPL copyright. And, if you try skirting that, there's
> also a legal principle called "contributory infringement" which makes
> skirting copyright rather difficult.
Could you elaborate on how that is different from what I describe?
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