[plug] KDE licence (was Debian was Mandrake)

[Buddrige, David]

Does the GPL also mean that you can't (legally) compile GPL software on a
non-free OS - such as Sun Solaris, since the standard LibC library would be
Sun's proprietary library?

Just wondering

David.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trevor Phillips [mailto:phillips at central.murdoch.edu.au]
> Sent: Friday, 25 February 2000 15:07
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] KDE licence (was Debian was Mandrake)
> 
> 
> Greg Mildenhall wrote:
> > 
> > Have you read the GPL recently? It is pretty clear that it 
> _does_not_ give
> > you permission to link to non-GPLed software.
> > 
> > "2.b.) You must cause any work that you distribute or 
> publish, that in
> > whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part
> > thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all 
> third parties under
> > the terms of this License."
> 
> As a whole, I keep getting the impression that GPL is a pain 
> in the butt. ^_^
> (Xenophobic to other licenses?)
> 
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