<div dir="ltr">No, because the GPL has a clause that allows programs to link to libraries provided with the operating system.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 10:00 AM Jorg Kewisch <<a href="mailto:jorg@bnl.gov">jorg@bnl.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Does that mean Windows becomes GPL, because GPL is infectious?<br>
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On 03/30/2016 07:04 PM, Tom Rothamel wrote:<br>
> It looks like Microsoft is going to be adding the ability for Windows to<br>
> run unmodified Linux ELF binaries.<br>
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> <a href="http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/03/ubuntu-on-windows.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/03/ubuntu-on-windows.html</a><br>
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> Does that mean we win?<br>
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