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Re: Using a script licensed under GPL in an application licensed under a
From: |
Alfred M. Szmidt |
Subject: |
Re: Using a script licensed under GPL in an application licensed under a license that's not compatible with GPL |
Date: |
Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:05:50 +0100 (CET) |
What does it mean to "link against" a script? Linking is something
you do with compiled programs, not scripts.
You can `link' script just fine, for example, you can use the `source'
command in bash.
Anyway, it's possible that a case could be made tha his original
plan would fall under the GPL's "mere aggregation" clause, which
allows programs with different licenses to be distributed together
with GPL programs.
As long as the program simply does fork/exec, this is true. But the
OP explicitly states that he is `importing' the script into the
program.
- Using a script licensed under GPL in an application licensed under a license that's not compatible with GPL, observatory, 2006/12/13
- Re: Using a script licensed under GPL in an application licensed under a license that's not compatible with GPL, Geico Caveman, 2006/12/13
- Re: Using a script licensed under GPL in an application licensed under a license that's not compatible with GPL, Barry Margolin, 2006/12/14
- Re: Using a script licensed under GPL in an application licensed under a license that's not compatible with GPL, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2006/12/15
- Re: Using a script licensed under GPL in an application licensed under a license that's not compatible with GPL, observatory, 2006/12/15
- Re: Using a script licensed under GPL in an application licensed under a license that's not compatible with GPL, observatory, 2006/12/15
- Re: Using a script licensed under GPL in an application licensed under a license that's not compatible with GPL, observatory, 2006/12/15
- Re: Using a script licensed under GPL in an application licensed under a license that's not compatible with GPL, observatory, 2006/12/15
- Re: Using a script licensed under GPL in an application licensed under a license that's not compatible with GPL, observatory, 2006/12/15