On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 18:33 +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote:

Don G wrote: [...]

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in this space. I think most folks using boost would agree: GPL evil,

GPL is a joke, "evil" is this:

http://web.novalis.org/talks/compliance-for-developers/slide-49.html

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July 27, 2004 GPL Compliance for Software Developers Legal notes ----------------------------------------------------------------

Legal notes

Static linking creates a derivative work through textual copying

Most dynamic linking cases involve distributing the library

Still a derivative work:

Dynamic linking

Distributing only the executable (testtriangle)

Still a derivative work:

Distributing the source code of software which links to a library

when that library is the only software to provide that interface

----------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2004, Free Software Foundation. Verbatim copying permitted provided this notice is preserved.

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Tough law they have over there in the GNU Republic, so to speak.

Yep. Thats why they also have the LGPL. GPL libs are not that common but the only way you can use them in non-gpl code is via IPC, if you want to re-distribute them. /ikh