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Unless I am very mistaken, GPL and MIT proponents came to a compromise on this very issue, resulting in the LGPL. This exact scenario (linking/using a GPL libra
by hirsin 10y ago
Unless I am very mistaken, GPL and MIT proponents came to a compromise on this very issue, resulting in the LGPL. This exact scenario (linking/using a GPL library without modification) was considered valid by both sides to the point that they created a new license specifically for it.
- smallnamespace 10y agoNot exactly. There's two different issues here: 1. Whether the license makes derivative works fall under the same license (GPL does, LGPL doesn't) 2. Whether the work in question is in fact a derivative work (which is yet to be determined) Even if it turns out that it is in fact a derivative work, using the library might constitute fair use.