[JDEV] GPL Licensing and Clients

[Thomas Charron]

> My question regards GPL licensing and the use of, specifically, a
> GPL'ed COM object by Jabber clients.  Does this GPL license require
> that all users of the COM object also use a GPL license?

    Specifically dealing with COM, the application *NEVER* links with it.
It could very well be a stand alone application, and hence, any licence on
the COM component will not affect the end application.  The OS marshals
between the app and COM, so it's not even loaded like a library would be.