On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Ingo Weinhold<ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx> wrote: > software into GPL. It works the other way around: If your software isn't GPL > you are not allowed to link > against the GPL library (i.e. use they copyright holders work). If you do so > anyway, the copyright > holder can sue your ass for using their work without having been allowed to > do so. Sounds very simple > and logic to me. This is my understanding as well. If you do something that violates a license, you have two choices at that point: 1) comply with the license or 2) stop using the software in question. Anti-GPL discussions seem to generate a lot of fuss over nothing. AFAIK, not a single author of GPL/LGPL-licensed code has ever approached the Haiku project to indicate that anything has been done wrong. If they do, then I'm sure there can be a compromise that satisfies everyone. Haiku is, after all, a FOSS project, releasing all code under a GPL-compatible license as well. - Urias