Re: A Licensing Question
| From: | John Wells | Date: | Wed, 22 Jan 2003 19:48:38 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: A Licensing Question | ||
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Chris,
Sheesh. I'd read it about 5 times but revisited just now. Somehow I
missed the key phrase "which are themselves interpreted.".
Here's the full relevant excerpt:
"Another similar and very common case is to provide libraries with the
interpreter which are themselves interpreted. For instance, Perl comes
with many Perl modules, and a Java implementation comes with many Java
classes. These libraries and the programs that call them are always
dynamically linked together.
A consequence is that if you choose to use GPL'd Perl modules or Java
classes in your program, you must release the program in a GPL-compatible
way, regardless of the license used in the Perl or Java interpreter that
the combined Perl or Java program will run on. "
That answers my question. If following the scenario I described
previously, my code would have to be GPL'd as well.
Thanks!
John