Independent and separate works

• GPL § 2
• Independent works
• Example:
  • You add videos to FreeCiv
  • To do so, you write a video decompression library using no FreeCiv code
  • When you distribute that library as part of FreeCiv, it's GPL
  • But when you distribute it on its own, you can license it as you like
  • Anyone can use the GPL version from FreeCiv
    

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