MP3 or Ogg Support

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In any case dynamically linking to DirectX is incredibly easy. Everything in D3D can be accessed by just doing a GetProcAddress on Direct3DCreate9 for example. Once you've got that you've got all of D3D.

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I would like a link to any professional legal article from any reputable source saying that one downside of using DirectX SDK is that you are not able to use it with GPL software.

I have just spent a few minutes Googling for such information and I haven't even been able to find EVEN one instance of anything remotely close on a single site.

If this idea or concept were planted on a Wikipedia page, it would probably get the mark of "citation needed". I believe this is a fanciful and imaginary FOSS-nut originated "interpretation" rather than ANYTHING based in reality.

And in this instance, I think a such a citation is warranted for this argument to have an ounce of credibility. It seems preposterous to me.

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Sooo .... uh, how is Sun Microsystems able to make GPL software that requires the DirectX SDK to compile?

The name of the software is only called VirtualBox (!).

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Oh aye, there's a difference between what you can do and what the FSF would prefer you to do.

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Well, then show me some reputable source saying that indeed you can mix those licenses, despite what the FSF says. Seriously, I'd love to be free to combine the Quake source with closed source libraries like FMOD without headaches to me. If you find someone explicitly saying that and willing to legally backing up this kind of action (as the FSF does in the opposite way) it would be awesome.

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