Re: License issues

Linus Walleij <[email protected]> Fri, 1 Oct 2004 07:08:25 +0200 (CEST)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.audio.mad.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Emil Rojas wrote:

> Does linking the unchanged library in an application cause all of ones 
> application code to be subject to the GPL?

Yes, as noted, that's how it work.

Underbit however employs a clever licensing scheme: since they have 
written all of the libraries themselves: you may buy a non-GPL license 
for use in proprietary programs if you wish. (The same idea is used by 
MySQL and others.) I guess that's how Rob makes a living... :-)

Linus