> >Correct, it does, just like it permits C applications with > >GPL-incompatible licenses to link with GPL libraries, so long as this > >linking is done by the end user and the application is not distributed > >in its linked form. See for example the NVidia kernel module, or for a > >somewhat different but similar example, cdrtools. > > Not true: > > cdrecord and "all-1" programs in cdrtrools are 100% CDDL. > > mkisofs is a GPL project that links to non-GPL libraries. > This is something that is no problem with the GPLv2 as long as the > libraries are not derived from or written for GPL code. > > As the libraries mkisofs links with are older than mkisofs or at > least written independently and usage neutral, there is no problem > even with binaray redistribution of mkisofs.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs Neither the FSF nor you hold the copyright to mkisofs, but still, I'll take the FSF's own interpretation over yours. If others believe you're right, that's their choice. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
