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Let say that library "A" is published under GPL.
Library "A" exposes some API functions for dynamic linking.
I wrote a wrapper library "B" for usage of "A" in another language.
Library "B" dynamically links to the library "A" (calls are made to the exposed API functions) .
I would like to publish my "B" wrapper library under MPL v.2.0.
The main question is... is this legal?
As long as "A" is published under GPL rather than LGPL, "B" is considered a derived work and must be distributed under GPL. GPL only stops at process boundary, only LGPL stops at dynamic link boundary.
