Hm, right, I had forgotten about that one.

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Saso

David Chisnall wrote:
> On 27 Aug 2009, at 11:12, Saso Kiselkov wrote:
>
>> In other words, you'll have to use GPL for your app. Remember, that
>> GPL linking requirements only work from library -> app, i.e. if you
>> link to a GPL library, your app has to become GPL. If, however, your
>> app is GPL and you link to a non-compatible/proprietary library, that
>> doesn't force the library to become GPL. As an example, consider
>> compiling a GPL app against Solaris' proprietary libc - that doesn't
>> force the libc to become GPL. That means, you don't have to remove
>> the NVIDIA Cg dependency if you don't want to.
>
> This is not the case.  You may link a GPL'd application against
> Solaris' or Windows' libc because there is an explicit exemption in
> the GPL for system libraries.  From clause 3:
>
>> However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not
>> include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or
>> binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on)
>> of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that
>> component itself accompanies the executable.
>
> This clause would not apply to Cg, for example, because it is not
> usually shipped with an OS.  Is PRNG an important dependency?  If you
> could make it optional and fall back to the standard C/POSIX
> pseudorandom number functions then this would make your life, and the
> lives of people wanting to use your code, simpler.
>
> If you are linking against a GPL'd framework, you do not have to make
> your code GPL'd, you have to release your code under a GPL-compatible
> license.  The final product (your library, the application it links
> against, and so on) must be distributed under the GPL.
>
> Thomas, please read the relevant licenses before you make a decision.  
> The world would be a much better place if people read FSF licenses
> before releasing code under them.
>
> David



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