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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Domino 5.x support in KMail
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-10-01 11:49:53
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On Monday 01 October 2001 13:13, Stefan Taferner wrote:
> On Saturday, 29. September 2001 10:11, Michael Häckel wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Saturday 29 September 2001 09:00, Mauro "Larry" de Pascale wrote:
> > > I'm using the native Domino APIs provided from lotus, so the
> > > communication between the server and KMail is made exactly as with
> > > Lotus Notes (so, using the proprietary protocol).
> >
> > If this API is not under an open source license, what is the case,
> > reading the licence,
>
> [...]
>
> > then you are anyway not allowed to link any GPL application like KMail
> > against it unless all copyright holders explicitely state, that they
> > agree.
>
> Sorry, but this cannot be true. If it would be true, then you cannot create
> binaries for a platform where libc is proprietary: Solarix, Aix, HPUX, etc.

System libraries are an exception in the GPL!

Greetings, Stephan
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