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by dman 5431 days ago
Can you elaborate on the gray area bit?
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See the GPL FAQ http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#MereAggregation

The last paragraph describe the gray area; i.e. if a proprietary program depends on- and combine a GPL program to perform its functionality it can be argued that the two parts are a combined work and hence the whole work must be licensed under the GPL.