[maemo-developers] announcing libconnui-dev-0.1 and operator-name-cbs-widget-0.1

[From: Neal H. Walfield]

At Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:24:06 +0300,
Aapo Rantalainen wrote:
> 
> 2011/10/28 Neal H. Walfield <neal at walfield.org>:
> > As far as I can tell, your code is under the GPLv2 or later.  If that
> > code is using a GPL-incompatible library, you've got a problem.
> Hmm,
> GPL code can dynamically use GPL-incompatible libraries legally. Think
> about GPL game using (closed source) DirectX.
> Or GPL QT-application running on Windows.

Running on Windows is not a problem: if you just make system calls or
perform an IPC, you haven't created a derivative work.  If you mean a
program that uses essential system libraries, that use falls under the
system library exception:

  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs

I don't know if DirectX would be included by this exception (I don't
know how Direct X works).

Perahps the use of libconnui would be covered by this exception.

Neal