On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Francesco Poli <invernom...@paranoici.org> wrote: > Even if there's no *direct* linking of libgdm3 with libssl, it is my > understanding that there is indeed an issue, as long as one single > binary executable is linked with both libgdm3 and libssl. > > I believe that this follows from Section 3 of the GNU GPL v2. > gdbm is the "Program" released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or > later. > The binary executable linked with it is "a work based on it" (according > to the FSF's legal theory of linking, which is usually assumed to be > valid by the Debian Project, in order to stay on the safe side...), > and Section 3 states, in part: > > | 3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, > | under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of > | Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: > | > | a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable > | source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections > | 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or, > | > [or other methods to make the source available...] > > Hence, one has to make the source code available under the terms of > Sections 1 and 2, that is to say, among other things "licensed as a > whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of [the GNU GPL > v2]" (see clause 2b).
I follow your reasoning and it makes sense to me. However, Section 2 defines a "work based on it [the Program]" as a modification. We are not making any modification to it. Nevertheless, I see how you can argue that, according to the FSF and Section 2b, ntop "contains" libgdm3. So basically, are you telling me that *any* code that is dynamically linked against a gpl library is automatically relicensed under GPL, including the python interpreter for example? This does not sound right to me... Cheers, Ludovico -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
