Re: LGPL module linked with a GPL lib
Raul Miller writes:
> On 7/28/05, Michael Poole <mdpoole@troilus.org> wrote:
>> What statute or case law supports this position? Comparison to
>> Grokster et al doesn't hold, for reasons that should have been
>> obvious: The GPL explicitly allows a user to use and modify code in
>> any way the user sees appropriate; section 2 only kicks in when you
>> "copy and distribute such modifications." The standard way that one
>> uses GPLed program is by linking its compiled form with other works at
>> runtime. It is simply bizarre to suggest that a software author is
>> liable for contributory copyright infringement by providing a means
>> for a user to do something that the user is explicitly permitted to
>> do.
>
> I don't think that the point is that people would be going to jail for
> violating the GPL.
>
> GPL violators appear to face several potential penalties:
Potential penalties are irrelevant to my question. You assume a
priori that such linking is a violation of the GPL. My question was
why that assumption is valid. As I explained above, his citation of
case law does not fit the facts.
Michael Poole
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