dynamically loading of ashared object code

[Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>]

Hello,

one requirement in the DFSG is that Free Software may not restrict the use
of it.

This means, you may link dynamically against Free Software, even with
proprietary software. You may load shared object code at run time, too.

But dynamically linking usually involves inclusion of the library header
files at compile time, which is the real reason a dynamically linked binary
is derived from the library code (see my other post about this).

If you can build a binary without support of the header files, you are not
bound to the license agreememnt of the library code in question.

Thanks,
Marcus


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