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There is a profound misunderstanding here somewhere. I suspect it is coming from the use of the phrase 'base on'. If you modify GPL licensed software, your sof

There is a profound misunderstanding here somewhere. I suspect it is coming from the use of the phrase 'base on'. If you modify GPL licensed software, your software is restricted because it qualifies as a derivative work under copyright law, and it must comply with GPL. But if you zip up a GPL program with your non-GPL program and distribute the bundle, the GPL does nothing to restrict your non-GPL program. If there's linking involved, it gets more complicated, but that's unrelated to this discussion.

amelius 6y ago
> If there's linking involved, it gets more complicated, but that's unrelated to this discussion. I think it is very much related. If my linker cannot link GPLed software because of the license of this software, then this software is restricting my linker. As per the definition of opensource.org, GPLed software is not open source. Again, > 9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software
- jononor 6y ago
  Other software (distributed alongside, "mere aggregation") != Software based on a work (derivative). GPL obligations apply in the latter case, OSI definition talks about the first case.
  - amelius 6y ago
    If your view of the definition were true, then the OSI definition would have been more clear about the distinction. Further, as an example, software running on Linux is clearly different than the Linux kernel. Nobody would say that an application and the OS kernel is the same software. OSI doesn't make a distinction between library calls and kernel calls.
    - rpdillon 6y ago
      OSI specifically lists the GPL as an open source approved license. https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0 https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0 https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 Even AGPL is approved. https://opensource.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0 https://opensource.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0

amelius 6y ago

> If there's linking involved, it gets more complicated, but that's unrelated to this discussion. I think it is very much related. If my linker cannot link GPLed software because of the license of this software, then this software is restricting my linker. As per the definition of opensource.org, GPLed software is not open source. Again, > 9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software

jononor 6y ago
Other software (distributed alongside, "mere aggregation") != Software based on a work (derivative). GPL obligations apply in the latter case, OSI definition talks about the first case.
- amelius 6y ago
  If your view of the definition were true, then the OSI definition would have been more clear about the distinction. Further, as an example, software running on Linux is clearly different than the Linux kernel. Nobody would say that an application and the OS kernel is the same software. OSI doesn't make a distinction between library calls and kernel calls.
  - rpdillon 6y ago
    OSI specifically lists the GPL as an open source approved license. https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0 https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0 https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 Even AGPL is approved. https://opensource.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0 https://opensource.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0