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Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs
From: |
Alexander Terekhov |
Subject: |
Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs |
Date: |
Wed, 07 Jul 2004 00:41:35 +0200 |
Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 00:15 +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > No other conclusion makes sense. If it were not the case, then
> > any program using the applications program interfaces (APIs) of an
> > operating system could be considered a derivative work of that
> > operating system.
>
> Yes, that's right. That's why the glibc is LGPL and not GPL.
http://groups.google.de/groups?selm=40239163.78134B8B%40web.de
http://groups.google.de/groups?selm=x5d68stcln.fsf%40lola.goethe.zz
http://groups.google.de/groups?selm=4023C5D4.522B4B7F%40web.de
>
> > And, under the exclusive right to prepare
> > derivative works, the copyright owner of an operating system such
> > as Microsoft Windows could control who was allowed to write
> > programs for that operating system.
>
> More and more. Right now Microsoft is trying to prevent creation of
> GPL'ed software on Windows toolkits...
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=40D7E7C0.64F74067%40web.de
regards,
alexander.
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, (continued)
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- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/07/06
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, David Kastrup, 2004/07/06
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/07/06
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, David Kastrup, 2004/07/06
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/07/06
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Rui Miguel Seabra, 2004/07/06
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- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/07/06
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- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Rui Miguel Seabra, 2004/07/06
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- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/07/06
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Rui Miguel Seabra, 2004/07/06
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- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/07/06
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Rui Miguel Seabra, 2004/07/06
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Arnoud Engelfriet, 2004/07/07
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- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/07/07
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Arnoud Engelfriet, 2004/07/07
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Per Abrahamsen, 2004/07/06
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Haakon Riiser, 2004/07/06