Paul Rubin wrote: > [Kent Johnson] > Where would you draw the line? Suppose I want to use a GPLed library > in my Python code, does that mean I have to distribute my code under > the GPL if I distribute them together? > > Yes, that's the point of using the GPL on a library instead of the > LGPL. So the Emacs example, if it doesn't rely on an exception, must > rely on the notion that Emacs isn't a library.
It's not clear to me how my use of CherryPy as a web app framework is different, from the point of view of the GPL, from how I might use something that we both would call a library. From the client code it is pretty similar. In both cases I might import modules, instantiate and subclass classes and call functions and methods from the library. If there is a difference it seems the GPL is relying on pretty subtle distinctions to determine whether my code is a "work based on the Program." Kent -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
