[probably OFFTOPIC] Linux & DEC Unix, allowed to share executables , with library code incorparated?

Alex Ninaber (anina01@mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk)
Wed, 9 Sep 1998 15:15:45 +0100 (BST)

Sorry about this, but the people who know best about things like this (or
trust their opinion) are probably in here:

We have a program compiled on DEC Unix with f77 and the option
-non-shared. That program runs perfectly on Linux, and with a 30% speed
increase over g77. Now the question: since we compile with -non-shared we
automatically incorporate DEC library codes from DEC Unix into the
executable. Our network administrators (and we as a group) want to know
whether the things we do are still legal. Can we get any library on the
DEC and use it for an executable on Linux?

(We could ask DEC, but I am interested in the general answer if stuff
like this is allowed or not. It feels a bit like a grey area)

Regards,

Alex Ninaber

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