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Only partially, this is part of the legal mess that is GPL, because if your program is based around standard apis etc. (and not, let's say, deep linux-only stuf
by p_l 6y ago
Only partially, this is part of the legal mess that is GPL, because if your program is based around standard apis etc. (and not, let's say, deep linux-only stuff and won't work without that ever) then your program is not derivative work.
- lmm 6y agoThat's not a GPL-specific issue, that's a copyright law issue. It applies just as much when writing programs for commercial Unix, or indeed OSX or Windows.