Re: Q: Combining proprietary code and GPL for in-house use

[Henning Makholm <henning@makholm.net>]

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.

> Scripsit Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>
> > > 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.

Oh. In that case I would suppose that "contributory infringement"
logically requires that somebody actually infringes on the copyright.
Who would that be in this case?

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