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SubjectRe: BSD Licensed files in Linux kernel.
In <383326804.952471407031.JavaMail.root@web34.pub01> Lee Chin (leechin@mail.com) wrote:

khim != lawyer

> So now Im slightly confused... when you say

> "GPL code does not necessarily have to be linked ONLY to GPL code. Rather,
> GPL code must be linked to GPL code *OR* code which is MORE LIBERAL than the
> GPL itself"

Correct.

> Does this mean to say that If I link my application with glibc, I have to
> gove away my code under either GPL or a more liberal licence?

Yes, if you link it STATICALLY. If you link dinamically LGPL (but NOT "plain"
GPL!) has special exception clause and thus in such case you can use any
license you wish...





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