Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> I download glibc and change some source. I redistribute this code
> subsequently (for money or otherwise).
>> As I understand the GPL (and I'd rather not get into a litigious
> hypothetical or quagmire of quotes from the GPL), I must make the source
> code for the _modifications_ also available to whoever I distribute the
> code to, under the GPL.
>> The following statement hasn't been tested in court to my knowledge :
>> If I link (with ld or similar) my propiatery code, to GPL code, I am not
> bound in any way to make my source code GPL.
>AIUI, if you link to GPL code, your binary is going to be GPL, and thus
the source will be to.
There's a reason the LGPL exists. glibc is LGPL I think.
L.
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