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Old 09-18-2006, 03:40 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by b_k
They are required to release the sources, at least to the kernel and everything thats linked against a GPL library.
Which is why most libraries are released under the LGPL, which allows linking from commercial closed-source software. So they don't need to publish the sources of, say, pageBar, if it just links to Xlib and gtk.
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