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- Subject: Re: [ANN] Lua Conference Bot 0.1
- From: Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:20:45 -0300
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:09 AM, Luiz Henrique de
> Figueiredo<lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
> > I don't want to launch an off-topic discussion on license religion, but
> > I think that you don't need to release code as GPL simply because it
> > links to GPL code, if you don't include the GPL code in your package.
> >
>
> The wikipedia quick-info box for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL
> states "Linking from code with a different license: No", which would
> imply that you cannot link non-GPL code against GPL code. I'm sure
> that the full legalese of the license thus states that derivative
> works of GPL code must themselves be GPL and that linking against
> creates a derivative work.
The GPL FAQ says otherwise:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#LinkingWithGPL
