> Everyone can get their own access to the MS code, and they make no > claims on yours. You haven't read the small print on many microsoft supplied developer libraries then. > The FSF claims you can't distribute code you've written yourself under > your own terms if it links to a GPL'd library at runtime. My example Again be careful of the term "link" - it has all sorts of wrong meanings to technical people. The law on derivative works for software is still very unclear (lack of caselaw) but there is certainly no reason to believe it is as simple as "linking" in the compiler sense as opposed to the "independent works" sense. But you see that library is the GPL authors code and they've exercised their right as an author to decide what they do with their code. Your right to control your code happens to be the same as their right to control their code. Anyway you can always write an alternative library. Alan -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
