Nope, the GPL includes the System Library Exception that allows GPL software to link against closed source libraries. Otherwise, for instance, the Linux kernel could not use closed source BIOS APIs, or you could not link GPL against Microsoft's VS DLLs.aciddose wrote:
The problem is this isn't true. The GPL in all versions requires the complete distribution of source-code with any binary.
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.ht ... yException
In my opinion the VST SDK falls under this exception.