GPL'ed program (was: Re: kaffe-1.0.b1 probs on Linux)

Kiyo Inaba inaba at src.ricoh.co.jp
Wed Jul 15 08:42:49 PDT 1998


>:-) If that is the case, then you can't run any non-GPL applications 
>with kaffe. There is not a difference in loading a class via the commandline 
>or loading it via the enviroment variable.

Or, even worth.
If you use ANY GNU programs with OS's native library which usually
is not GPL'ed, it introduces 'linking GPL program with non GPL
library'.

I don't think it is WRITTEN in GPL even if RMS's intension is so,
but I don't have GPL handy right now.

Kiyo


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