ActiveX controls aren't "executable programs", but when a browser loads
them, and interpreter launches which spawns executable interpreted or
compiled code embedded in the ActiveX control.. which by the way is no
different from a .dll...
This "passive executability" is identical to the functioning of a .pdf file.
Jared Nielsen
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of J. Michael
> Looney
> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 2:04 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [Open_Gaming] Proposed Change to License
>
>
> On Sun, 21 May 2000, Ron Bedison wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 21 May 2000, Brad Thompson wrote:
> > > I think the confusion is mostly illusionary. While data files
> > > can be considered software, the GPL doesn't talk about
> > > software, it talks about programs. It would be very hard to
> > > classify a PDF file as a program.
> >
> > Not really. PDF files _are_ programs, designed to run in
> > an interpreted environment. Their nature is descriptive, but
> > they do so in a manner best described as program code.
> >
> > Not that this diminishes your point. The difference is
> > intent, and PDF files aren't "programs" in a way in which the
> > spirit of the GPL intends.
> >
>
> I'm not worried about spirit, I'm worried about letter. There are some
> big companies in this loop, and they may or may not be dedicated to the
> _spirit_ of the open source movement, of which the OGL is part.
>
>
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