GPL Infectiousness

[Robert Bushman]

On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, William Lindley wrote:

> On 1 Oct 2002, Derek Neighbors wrote:
> > I disagree.  I can download libFoo that is GPL and link proprietary
> > software to it til my heart is content.  I only have problems if I try
> > to 'distribute' my application with it linked to libFoo.
>
> If I write a proprietary app that links to a function called FooBarBaz,
> how do I know whether there is a GPL FooBarBaz or something else called
> FooBarBaz.  Maybe I have a proprietary library providing FooBarBaz, but
> you're using a GPL'd one... who's to say you can't?

The courts. :)

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