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ask the fsf? I'm pretty sure that I've read they have people that will help you. But I think it's the other way... you couldn't write a proprietary app based o
by xenoterracide 18y ago
ask the fsf? I'm pretty sure that I've read they have people that will help you.
But I think it's the other way... you couldn't write a proprietary app based on a gpl library.
Look at all the 'open source' apps based on .NET and other windows technologyies.
I my self don't believe such apps are truly open source, as they rely on non open code.
"The standard disclaimer applies, I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice."
- lutorm 18y agoI think there's an exception that says that OS libraries don't count, since that would mean that you could not write open-source software on any commercial OS. I had a difficult time figuring this out when I released a plugin for the closed-source software LCDC under the GPL. While it's clear that you can't link a GPL library into a non-GPL executable, the reverse case seems to be more muddy. I finally settled to my satisfaction that the spirit of the GPL should not prevent me from open-sourcing a library even if that library only is meaningful when used with a closed-source executable, given that I as the copyright holder can state the intent that the library be linked with proprietary software. It's sort of like the proprietary software is my "OS" and I'm linking to it.