On 1 Oct 2002, Derek Neighbors wrote: > I disagree. I can download libFoo that is GPL and link proprietary > software to it til my heart is content. I only have problems if I try > to 'distribute' my application with it linked to libFoo. If I write a proprietary app that links to a function called FooBarBaz, how do I know whether there is a GPL FooBarBaz or something else called FooBarBaz. Maybe I have a proprietary library providing FooBarBaz, but you're using a GPL'd one... who's to say you can't? \\/