[task #16050] Submission of the Quirk browser

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Follow-up Comment #7, task #16050 (project administration):

[comment #6 comment #6:]
> This isn't correct.  It doesn't matter whether I link the binaries myself or
leave that for my users,
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#NonfreeDriverKernelLinux

I see. In my case, the only parts of the program that are GPL‐licensed are
written by me, and I’m almost certaint that the GPL cannot constrain me from
distributing my program in any way, because I wrote it myself.

I’m worried about the effects applying the GPL to my program will have *on
its users*, not *on myself*.

In particular:

- I don’t want to allow people to create derivations of my program that are
proprietary.
- I don’t mind if people can’t distribute the linked binaries of my
program because of the non‐GPL‐compatible licensed dependencies.
- However, I don’t want for it to be illegal for users to link and use my
program by themselves because it has non‐GPL‐compatible dependencies.

I am not sure whether the last one is possible for a program distributed under
the GPL with GPL‐incompatible licenses. And when I say “I’m not sure”,
I mean it — I really don’t know.

Any advice about whether that is possible would be appreciated! But I will
note once again that it is not trivial to replace the GPL‐incompatible
dependencies, and you may cancel this task if that prevents my project from
being hosted at Savannah.

Also, once again, I don’t think this is a matter of whether I am allowed to
distribute Quirk, because I was the one who wrote it to begin with (and thus
the license cannot constrain me). This is a matter of whether users would be
legally allowed to compile and run it.

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