Re: People who develop with MySQL and/or other GPL based code
Re: People who develop with MySQL and/or other GPL based code
- Subject: Re: People who develop with MySQL and/or other GPL based code
- From: Creed Erickson <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 09:43:43 -0800
On Wednesday, December 31, 2003, at 08:58 AM, Chris Ridd wrote:
I don't think that matters. Your program links against libodbc.dylib
(the
open source iODBC stuff Apple's included since Jaguar), and therefore
doesn't link against MyODBC. As a result, your program doesn't depend
on
("isn't a derivative work" of) MyODBC, and therefore doesn't have to be
GPLed.
This is the crux of the problem, IMHO. If you look at direct
dependencies, then your program is not linked to and does not derive
from the GPL source. However, if you remove the GPL object code from
the system, your program will no longer work. Does this secondary
dependency constitute a derivation? The language has been muddy with
regard to the definition of "derivative work." Liberal interpretations
abound in both camps leading to some justifiable FUD where use of GPL
components in commercial software is concerned.
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