Re: Runtime versions (GPL vs Modified GPL)

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

tmoran@acm.org writes:
>>The FSF also explains why they have linking exceptions
>>etc. go with some of their software,
>   If my program uses calls on proprietary Microsoft SDKs, or calls
> subroutines in a library supplied with the compiler, that's OK.  But
> I understand that if my program uses anything from some other proprietary
> library (a binding to something, or device drivers, say), then I cannot
> sell, give, or in any way distribute a binary copy of my program, since it
> clearly could not contain complete source.  Correct?

If you distribute any program in binary form, you must do so under
terms compatible with the licenses of *all* libraries it uses.  If the
terms are incompatible, then you may not distribute your program at
all.  The details, of course, are what matters here; you should check
the specific licenses of the libraries you mean to use.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.