Re: Q: Combining proprietary code and GPL for in-house use
Scripsit Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 12:49:07AM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote:
> > > Then: P is the source code for a program which includes L. A is
> > > instructing people to download L (if necessary) to compile P.
> > Which is perfectly fine, because all of those people explicitly have
> > the right to download L. There isn't even minor breach of copyright
> > going on in the B does.
> Not for the purpose of linking with P, they don't.
They do. GPL 2(b), which is what requires the entire work to be under
GPL, explicitly applies only when the entire work is distributed or
published.
> Go do a web search on "contributory infringement". Read up on it until
> you can define it in your own words, and explain how it applies
When you're low on arguments you can always start handing out orders ...
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Henning Makholm "Jeg kunne ikke undgå at bemærke at han gik på hænder."
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