From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sd-green-bigip-119.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.119] helo=spunkymail-a16.dreamhost.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HEpJ0-0005yo-00 for ; Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:05:58 -0500 Received: from quark (cpe-071-077-052-015.nc.res.rr.com [71.77.52.15]) by spunkymail-a16.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A30677CB73 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:05:57 -0800 (PST) From: "Sina Bahram" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Subject: Gpl question: OS libraries Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 11:05:50 -0500 Message-ID: <000001c74ad1$d7ab8170$96f1fea9@quark> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Thread-Index: AcdK0dYY0B1tbb5YRAaVCIQ73vg2tg== X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:05:58 -0000 Hi all, I was wondering, in GPL 2.0, we have a clause permitting the exception of needing to provide source for called libraries, if they are part of the OS. In Linux this probably isn't too much of a problem, but how does one go about defining, part of the operating system, on other platforms? For example, in Windows .... Is something like SAPI or DirectX, quote part of the OS quote? Thanks for any articles, clarifications, or other pointers as well. I'm still googling and emailing other contacts, but I feel a lot better hearing something like this from an actual person as opposed to someone's blog, *grin*. Take care, Sina