Re: Using non-GPL libraries in a GPL program

[Dave Crossland]

2008/5/28 Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org>:
>   > >                           The terms of the MIT license are a
>   > > subset of the terms of the GPL so by complying with the latter
>   > > you are complying with the former.
>   >
>   > Okay, once again for mentally challenged: Complying with the
>   > latter under GNUtian viral "work based on" theory requires
>   > "relicensing"
>   > (seehttp://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/barcelona-rms-transcript.en.html)
>
>   Forget what Stallman might _say_ - he is no a lawyer.
>
> He does get his info directly from lawyers; and this cannot be said
> for Terekhov. So it is foolish to forget what RMS says just because he
> doesn't have a degree in law.

This is true of Stallman's written works, but I would be very wary of
putting any trust in something from a transcription of an audio
recording of a spoken comment made in a Q&A session after a speech.

-- 
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Dave

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