Re: [AD] OSS4

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On 2008-08-26, Trent Gamblin <trent@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, August 26, 2008 5:18 pm, Peter Wang said:
> > I know this isn't what you meant, but to be explicit: Allegro *is*
> > GPL
> > compatible.
> >
> > It's not clear that simply *using* OSS4 would require binaries that
> > link
> > with (that copy of) Allegro to comply with the GPL conditions.  As I
> > understand it, the Allegro library wouldn't be linked to any GPL
> > libraries, only making syscalls.
> >
> > Peter
> 
> But the header *is* GPL code, and #including it is the same as
> copying some code out of a .c file isn't it? I'm not sure, just
> checking.

But, presumably, you can buy a copy of OSS under a proprietary licence.
And if you #include that?

Peter





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