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Re: GPL query



On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 06:10:58AM +0530, rohit sharma wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> 	If I develop a product, say A using Gpl tools. Does A have to
> Gpl'ed too?

No. However, in the process of using the GPL tools, you might be
linking to GPL'ed libraries - libc.so, libstdc++.so etc. Most of
these are LGPL'ed so you should be ok. Some may be GPL'ed in which
case you'll be in trouble.

Some people believe that irrespective of the license, it's hard to
put restrictions on your code, if you're linking with it dynamically
or using dlopen (this is what component architectures XPCOM/DCOP/COM etc 
do).

BTW, did anyone check out Bruce Schneier's paper on how the programmers
can get paid and still write open source software ?

http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_6/kelsey/index.html

Basically, the street performer protocol is about public financing
of public domain work.

	-Arun