[Nel] NeL's GPL status

[Damon Trask]

Hey all, new to the list and got a quick question for you folks here.
I am brand new to NeL, and considering using it to work on a commercial game 
project. But I have a few questions about the GPL liscense attached to the 
source.

A friend of mine said that GPL is interpreted that if you link, call or use 
GPL'd code in any fashion in a piece of software intended for public 
distribution, that you must include *all* the source code of the intended 
software, even if the GPL parts are very small/minor.
Is this true?

Also, if this *is* true, how would it be possible to design a commercial 
Persistant State World game client under GPL (meaning the source becomes 
public), and still maintain system/service security.
If the source to the client becomes public, is it still possible to keep 
people from hacking, cheating, or any number of malicious activities against 
your product/service?

Any help here would be appreciated...

Trace Kern
Shattered Prism Studios
~Remember, Everything is possible!~

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