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Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL
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Mike Miller |
Subject: |
Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL |
Date: |
Thu, 13 Feb 2014 01:35:46 -0500 |
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On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 19:26:53 -0800, fgnievinski wrote:
> But Mike, how do we solve the following conundrum. I write m code which
> calls a function existing both as part of a proprietary Matlab toolbox and a
> GPL'ed Octave Forge package. When does the copyleft requirement of the
> latter enter in effect? Couldn't the GPL copyleft requirement be rendered
> moot by (falsely) claiming the code was only intended to run in the
> proprietary environment? It's a puzzle I was hoping the System Library /
> Standard Interface concept would solve...
Yes, these are good questions, but I don't think that's the way to solve
it :)
It seems to me that this is the point that the Octave FAQ is trying to
make explicit. According to the Octave FAQ, interpreted m-files may be
licensed any way the author chooses. Taken on its own, that certainly
sounds absolute.
I think your draft mail to the FSF licensing folks is mostly in the
right direction for what you want to clarify. I just think you should
avoid using the term System Library and invoking the System Library
exception, since it does not apply to this situation. I will reply to
that message separately and highlight the parts that I think need some
rewording for my part.
--
mike
- Octave FAQ update about GPL, fgnievinski, 2014/02/06
- Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL, Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso, 2014/02/06
- Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL, John W. Eaton, 2014/02/06
- Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL, fgnievinski, 2014/02/06
- Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL, fgnievinski, 2014/02/12
- Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL, fgnievinski, 2014/02/12
- Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL, Mike Miller, 2014/02/12
- Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL, fgnievinski, 2014/02/12
- Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL,
Mike Miller <=
- Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL, Mike Miller, 2014/02/13
- Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL, c., 2014/02/13
- Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL, fgnievinski, 2014/02/13
- Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL, fgnievinski, 2014/02/13
- Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL, John W. Eaton, 2014/02/13
- Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL, Felipe G. Nievinski, 2014/02/13
- Re: Octave FAQ update about GPL, Mike Miller, 2014/02/13