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Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs
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David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs |
Date: |
11 Jul 2004 01:28:24 +0200 |
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Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
> Martin Dickopp wrote:
>
> [... "dynamically linked" ...]
>
> > I think we can agree to disagree here. This has already been
> > discussed so many times that it's unlikely that either one of us
> > will come up with a new argument.
>
> Good luck trying to convince a {non-drunken} judge that the use of
> dlopen() may result in criminal penalties under copyright law
> (because {under GNU law} it would violate exclusive right of
> copyright owners to create derivative works).
I thought that copyright cases were dealt with under the civil code?
But there is a fine line between calling dlopen and dynamically
linking a program: in the latter case, symbol addresses are resolved
and scattered through the caller. The calling code is adapted to the
called library and can't call a different one after linking.
In contrast, just using dlopen and dlsym does not merge the
code of the dynamically linked library and the caller.
I doubt, however, that the technical difference between dlopen/dlsym
and dynamic linking would matter at all to a judge and jury, much like
I doubt that the difference between dynamic and static linking would
matter much: the point is that two non-functional entities are
combined into one that can do the job.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- 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, 2004/07/10
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Rui Miguel Seabra, 2004/07/10
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- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/07/10
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Rui Miguel Seabra, 2004/07/10
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- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/07/10
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Rui Miguel Seabra, 2004/07/10
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- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Alexander Terekhov, 2004/07/10
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Rui Miguel Seabra, 2004/07/10
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Rui Miguel Seabra, 2004/07/10
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, David Kastrup, 2004/07/10
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Isaac, 2004/07/10
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, telford, 2004/07/18
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Christopher C. Stacy, 2004/07/11
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, David Kastrup, 2004/07/11
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Lee Hollaar, 2004/07/11
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, David Kastrup, 2004/07/11
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Lee Hollaar, 2004/07/11
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Rui Miguel Seabra, 2004/07/11
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, David Kastrup, 2004/07/11
- Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs, Lee Hollaar, 2004/07/11