Re: [ros-kernel] Possible licensing issues?

[James T. <jim...@ad...>]

KJK::Hyperion wrote:
> 
> A friend of mine has expressed a doubt about our choice of GPL as license.
> He says that there may be issues about running non-GPL stuff on system
> libraries that are entirely GPL. I somehow thought that GPL applied only to
> *interfacing* to a library, so only programs and drivers using
> ReactOS-specific functions or the implementation itself would fall under
> the "derivative works" category, but he told me that it isn't so, and
> suggested we ask the FSF for a definitive reply
> 
> (personally, I think that the GPL is hysterical and I won't touch it with a
> ten foot pole if I can choose to, and that this particular case is crazy,
> since basically every single part of ReactOS, down to the kernel, is some
> sort of DLL)
> 
> I'm surprised that this issue hasn't been addressed before, but maybe I
> don't remember, or I wasn't subscribed yet to the mailing lists. Comments?
> 
Hi,
Wine is switching to LGPL theses days.
FYI,
James