Issue 77364 - libsane is GPL...
Summary: libsane is GPL...
Status: CLOSED NOT_AN_OOO_ISSUE
Alias: None
Product: extensions
Classification: Extensions
Component: www (show other issues)
Version: current
Hardware: All All
: P2 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: milestone 1
Assignee: issues@extensions
QA Contact: issues@extensions
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Blocks: 77366
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Reported: 2007-05-14 22:37 UTC by rene
Modified: 2007-05-15 11:46 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description rene 2007-05-14 22:37:31 UTC 
after noticing issue 77363 I went on to look over libs OOo dlopen()s and noticed
libsane (which is dlopen()'ed in the tree long ago) is also GPL...

Do we agree with the FSF that dlopen() consitutes linking?
Comment 1 rene 2007-05-14 23:38:40 UTC 
"    Backend libraries are protected by the GNU General Public License (see
    file COPYING), but as an exception, it is permissible to link against
    such a library without affecting the licensing status of the program
    that uses the libraries.  For details, see the copyright notice at the
    head of the backend files (e.g., backend/dll.c).
"

OK, that exception makes it OK AFAIS.

INVALID, too.
Comment 2 pavel 2007-05-15 11:46:05 UTC 
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