distributing GPL libreries

[Matthew Flaschen]

Lawrence Rosen wrote:
> [LR:] Why should anyone want to discourage linking with non-GPL code? What
> does FSF's preference have to do with anything?

You can certainly understand why the FSF would wish to discourage this 
for their own code (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html).  Others 
also have similar preferences.  You are correct that preferences aren't 
themselves binding, but many of them are in fact embodied in the license.

Matt Flaschen