Your company should review the GPL FAQ[0]. It does a very nice job of
answering a myriad of specfic yet common questions concerning the GPL. If
after reading the FAQ you still want clarification or have a specific
question not answered there, I think there are many here both capable and
willing to answer your questions. As it sits now your question is highly
specific so is difficult to answer.
> 'viral' effects of the GPL. Can we use GPL libraries in our software
> without open sourcing it?
This is too vague. I don't know what "open sourcing" it is. I am not
sure what you mean by "use".
> Are there libraries we can use that aren't GPL?
Certainly. Most of GNOME's libraries are LGPL for example.
> We are 75% linux oriented, but would like a library that could cross OS
> boundaries. Are there any GPL libraries we could do that with, without
> open sourcing our code?
You need to be specific about what kind of libraries you want. C
libraries? Telecommunications libraries? Graphics libraries? Math
libraries? Certainly most GNOME libraries are GPL (gtk for example is and
it is cross platform)
-Derek Neighbors
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http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html
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