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

[gabor]

Clemens Wächter wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> 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?

as far as i know if you use a GPL product ( library or whatever else ),
your code MUST BE gpl....

in the case of LGPL, you can link dinamically to it with a non GPL program

bye,
gabor


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