Indeed Instead of a special license, they might just include an explicit exception in there for sapi and directx perhaps. Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Samuel Thibault Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 11:23 AM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: Gpl question: OS libraries Sina Bahram, le Wed 07 Feb 2007 11:19:04 -0500, a ?crit : > I'd really hope that the individuals on the other side would have > better things to do with their time than go after the particular > project I'm looking this information up for. Yes, just ask them, and they'll probably be fine. Remember that the author has all rights concerning the piece of software he wrote, including providing you a special non-GPL licence for his software. But on the original issue, no definite answer can be given, except in trials, since it all depends on the thinking of people. Samuel _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
