RE: [TCLUG:17805] Licensing (was: Re: [TCLUG:17728] Motif has gone opensource!)

["Schlough, Mark" <Mark.Schlough@mortgage.wellsFargo.COM>]

> You could probably do this if you actually had two separate programs
> that communicated closely through shared memory or something, but you
> aren't supposed to be able to link GPLed code into a proprietary
> program.  However, you can link proprietary code into an otherwise GPLed
> program, IIRC.  There are many GPLed programs that use Motif for a 
> widget toolkit, for example.  The Gimp used to use Motif as its widget
> toolkit, but the developers decided to attempt to move away from Motif,
> and GTK (a.k.a. The Gimp Toolkit) was born.
> 
> At any rate, you might be able to pull it off, though you would have
> much better luck mixing LGPL and proprietary code rather than
> GPL/proprietary.
> 
	That's what I was thinking, but I thought I'd throw it out there and
expose the concept to more "eyeballs"

	Mark