Re: Using a script licensed under GPL in an application licensed under a license that's not compatible with GPL

[Barry Margolin]

In article <mailman.1887.1166115954.2155.gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org>,
 "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org> wrote:

>    What does it mean to "link against" a script?  Linking is something
>    you do with compiled programs, not scripts.
> 
> You can `link' script just fine, for example, you can use the `source'
> command in bash.
> 
>    Anyway, it's possible that a case could be made tha his original
>    plan would fall under the GPL's "mere aggregation" clause, which
>    allows programs with different licenses to be distributed together
>    with GPL programs.
> 
> As long as the program simply does fork/exec, this is true.  But the
> OP explicitly states that he is `importing' the script into the
> program.

That's another word that isn't normally used to describe use of scripts, 
so it's not clear what he meant.  I assumed he meant that he's simply 
invoking the script as a command.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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