Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs

[Alexander Terekhov]

Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 00:15 +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > No other conclusion makes sense. If it were not the case, then
> > any program using the applications program interfaces (APIs) of an
> > operating system could be considered a derivative work of that
> > operating system.
> 
> Yes, that's right. That's why the glibc is LGPL and not GPL.

http://groups.google.de/groups?selm=40239163.78134B8B%40web.de
http://groups.google.de/groups?selm=x5d68stcln.fsf%40lola.goethe.zz
http://groups.google.de/groups?selm=4023C5D4.522B4B7F%40web.de

> 
> >                   And, under the exclusive right to prepare
> > derivative works, the copyright owner of an operating system such
> > as Microsoft Windows could control who was allowed to write
> > programs for that operating system.
> 
> More and more. Right now Microsoft is trying to prevent creation of
> GPL'ed software on Windows toolkits...

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=40D7E7C0.64F74067%40web.de

regards,
alexander.