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5.1. I have a GPL program, can I use the libcurl library?
- No. GPL'd software requires all parts of the final executable to be
- licensed under GPL.
+ No, you can't distribute your program as a binary and you cannot
+ distribute the (lib)curl code your code. GPL'd software requires all parts
+ of the final executable to be licensed under GPL.
+
+ However, nothing prevents you from distributing your program separately
+ from curl and libcurl and require the user to get it separately.
5.2. I have a closed-source program, can I use the libcurl library?