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Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL
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Joseph Rushton Wakeling |
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Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL |
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Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:04:07 +0200 |
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On 03/30/2013 01:02 AM, Alexander Kobel wrote:
> On the other hand, user C /should/ be allowed to distribute source code under
> whatever license he wants to /as long as he doesn't ship the GPL libraries
> with
> it./ It's useless without them, but anybody who wants to run or compile the
> code is free to download the necessary GPL'ed stuff.
If I write a computer program which uses functions from a GPL'd library, it
doesn't matter whether I distribute an executable or just source code, and it
doesn't matter whether I distribute the source code alongside the GPL'd
libraries or as an individual file. It's a derivative work under the GPL and
must be licensed accordingly when distributed.
See: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfInterpreterIsGPL
Perhaps you are thinking of e.g. the case with UNIX shell scripts, where e.g. I
can write a script that calls GNU sed without having to license my script under
the GPL. But this is because there's no dynamic linking that takes place when I
do so -- I'm starting an independent process and receiving its output.
See e.g.: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, (continued)
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, Anthonys Lists, 2013/04/02
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, Joseph Rushton Wakeling, 2013/04/02
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, Wols Lists, 2013/04/03
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, Joseph Rushton Wakeling, 2013/04/03
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, Shane Brandes, 2013/04/03
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, Tim McNamara, 2013/04/02
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, Joseph Rushton Wakeling, 2013/04/02
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, Tim McNamara, 2013/04/02
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, Nick Payne, 2013/04/02
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, David Kastrup, 2013/04/02
Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL,
Joseph Rushton Wakeling <=
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, David Kastrup, 2013/04/02
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, Alexander Kobel, 2013/04/02
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, Anthonys Lists, 2013/04/02
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, David Kastrup, 2013/04/02
- Re: Lilypond \include statements and the GPL, Anthonys Lists, 2013/04/02