[MPlayer-users] re: Mplayer as a shared library

[Clemens Wächter]

On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:41:17 +0100
pnis at coder.hu wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi!
> 
> Just a follow up this incase somebody is still wondering.
> If you have a look at the gpl faq on www.gnu.org, you can
> find this:
> 
> 
> You have a GPL'ed program that I'd like to link with my code to build a proprietary program. Does the fact that I link with your 
> program mean I have to GPL my program?
>  Yes. 
> 
> So in deed, you can not link mplayer with anything else than gpl'd programs.
> 
> bye
> Denes
> 

Are you sure that this applies to linking dynamically and statically? I am sure this applies to
static linking. IANAL but AFAIK it does not apply to dynamic linking. What about the Linux
games? Afaik they link against Xfree86, glibc, OpenGL etc... Or is none of them published under
a GPL style license?

bye
Clemens