Thread: GPL violation?
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Old 03-09-2008, 04:07 AM   #104
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but "glibc" is the C runtime library, is it not?. Surely every C application has to include that, doesn't it? You aren't saying that every application that uses the C RTL has to give away its source code, are you? That would make writing commercial Linux applications impossible!
A little bit simplified: Dynamic linking to the glibc (and any LGPL licenced library) is allowed for any program under any licence. But if you statically link your program to a LGPLed library you have to release all your sources under the terms of the LGPL.


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