GPL (not LGPL) in libio and restrictions
H.J. Lu
hjl@lucon.org
Mon May 31 09:46:00 GMT 1999
>
> Interesting. I think there is a loophole wich makes it possible to
> use a libc that contains libio under all circumstances:
>
> As a special exception, if you link this library with files
> compiled with a GNU compiler to produce an executable, this does
> not cause the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General
> Public License.
>
We, Ulrich, Adam and I, had a dicussion with RMS on this. RMS has
agreed to the following new words:
As a special exception, if you link this library or the library,
which is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License
and contains this library, to produce an executable or shared object
file, this does not cause the resulting executable or shared object
file to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This
exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
executable or shared object file might be covered by the GNU General
Public License.
H.J.
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