-   Linux - General ( -   -   Proprietary software and the GPL (
sound_guy 03-29-2004 12:08 PM  Proprietary software and the GPL
I hope this is the proper forum for this discussion. My company
has recently decided to begin development of our next generation
data-gathering instrument using embedded Linux. One of our
requirements is that our software remain proprietary, but after
reading the GPL license, we don't see how it's possible for any
software written for Linux to be proprietary. Specifically, if I
link my code to the Linux libraries (the OS stuff), then aren't
I, in effect, creating a derrivative work of Linux, forcing my
code to be GPL'd? What am I missing here? If it were not
possible to have proprietary software for Linux, what's the
point of the LGPL and other licenses?  Hope this makes sense,
trickykid 03-29-2004 12:41 PM  Write your own libraries for your
code, then you don't have to GPL it, etc. Simple enough eh? ;)
mikshaw 03-29-2004 01:03 PM  You'll find all you need here.
Crito 03-29-20