Re: How long is linux going to be free ?
I wrote:
> You can also link non-GPL code with GPL code as long as the license on
> the non-GPL code does not impose additional restrictions.
Aryan Ameri writes:
> I don't think that is right. AFAIK you can't link non-GPL compatible
> software, with GPL software.
"Non-GPL compatible" _means_ "imposes additional restricitions".
> for example you even can not link software published under MPL (Mozilla
> ...) with GPL.
Because the MPL imposes additional restricitions.
"You may treat this work as if it were in the public domain. I waive all
rights." is a non-GPL license. So is the LGPL. Works released under
either may be linked with works released under the GPL. This is because
such combinations can be released under the GPL without violating either
license.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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