In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Geico Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > My application consists of a collection of scripts (full source > > distributed) licensed under a license that I'll call A. > > I want to distribute with my application, the source version of a > > script licensed under GPL. This script (source) will be imported and > > used at runtime by my application. > > > > Is this allowed when license A is not compatible with GPL ? > > > > Thanks, > > Andrei > > No. You will have to provide the source code for all your scripts if you > include the GPL'ed script and bundle it with yours. Further, you will have > to release the source under at least the same GPL version, if not later. > > You could avoid this by merely linking against the script (and not > distributing it under license A) but that presumes that an LGPL version of > the script is available. What does it mean to "link against" a script? Linking is something you do with compiled programs, not scripts. 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. -- Barry Margolin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
