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keeping the GPL out of userspace? Nope...

keeping the GPL out of userspace? Nope...

Posted May 31, 2011 12:04 UTC (Tue) by fusebox (guest, #75304)
In reply to: keeping the GPL out of userspace? Nope... by rahulsundaram
Parent article: Android and Honeycomb

"bluez is used only via a IPC mechanism"??????????

I thought when you build an app with BlueZ, you usually #include <bluetooth/bluetooth.h>.... and then -lbluetooth during the build process.

The BlueZ GPL is transmitted straight to your "proprietary" app with no delay!


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