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Re: GSL within Public Domain Software
- To: gsl-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: GSL within Public Domain Software
- From: "E. Robert Tisdale" <edwin at netwood dot net>
- Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 00:30:42 +0000
- Reply-To: edwin at netwood dot net
Jason Beegan wrote:
> It seems to be a common misconception
> that GPL'ed works cannot be linked
> with software under less restrictive licenses.
You certainly can.
But the software inherits the restrictions of the GPL.
If you could convert GPL'd libraries into public domain libraries
simply by using them in public domain software,
you could incorporate the public domain libraries
in commercial software products and simply ignore the GPL.