Re: Content Filtering

Henrik Nordstrom wrote:

> Note: Squid is GPL and as a result you are only allowed to use GPL
> modules with Squid. If your filter implementation is not GPL then
> dynamic linking is not an option.

IANAL, bu wouldn't it be truer to say that the GPL does not allow
*distribution* of Squid linked with software under non-GPL-compatible
licenses?

See:
   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCGPLRequireSourcePostedPublic

and:
   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#InternalDistribution

And I am not sure that dynamic linking triggers the "derivative work"
provisions, particularly if Squid continues to function without the
presence of the library.

Note particulary:

   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins

and the use of the word "believe" in that language. The GPL itself does
not mention dynamic linking at all.

Tres.

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