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Re: license ambiguity in guile exception to the gpl
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Marius Vollmer |
Subject: |
Re: license ambiguity in guile exception to the gpl |
Date: |
25 May 2001 00:05:49 +0200 |
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"Neil W. Van Dyke" <address@hidden> writes:
> (Aside: When we get into any kind of code interaction that doesn't occur
> via our traditional notions of native object code linking (static or
> dynamic) on the end user's machine, such as when we have substantial
> non-native-code runtime files, server-side use of GPL'd code,
> interaction through sockets, etc., we get into weaknesses of the GPL's
> definitions. RMS recognizes this is a difficult and important problem,
> but I don't know how close we are to an updated GPL.)
I agree. Can a non-free application that is written completely in
Scheme legally do a `(use-modules (ice-9 common-list))'? I don't
know. Can you ask RMS and report back? That would be great.