Randy Kramer wrote:
> On Monday 05 March 2007 11:10 pm, George Yunaev wrote:
>> 2. Make your application available in source form
only. AFAIK the GPL does
>> not restrict distributing the source code, just
binaries.
>
> I'm not an expert, but as best I can recall, I never
heard that, and I believe
> that the GPL would restrict you from distributing the
source code without
> complying with the GPL requirements (as described in
the GPL license).
Oddly enough, I was thinking about this exact issue this
morning (before
reading this thread)... and I don't see how. I don't think
the GPL makes
any provision for how you publish code that uses a GPL'd
interface. So I
think the GPL library would allow you to distribute source,
but it would
not allow linking that source to the GPL'd library. That
said, the
/proprietary/ library may not permit you to distribute
source intended
to use that library.
IANAL. To really be safe, you would need to consult a
lawyer. Failing
that, the safest thing to do is to use only GPL- and
compatibly-licensed
code.
--
Matthew
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"Only when I'm forced to deal with Microsoft..."
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