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

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   The scripts of the OP are written by the OP, and contain no code of
   the GPLed script.

The program by the OP imports the GPLed script, that is all that
matters.

   It is especially asinine because it makes every source program a
   derivative work of the OS or at least the libraries it uses.

If the program actually imports the script, yes.  Common usage does
not.

   If writing ". /foo/bar" in a shell script makes the _source_ code
   of the shell script a derivative work of /foo/bar, programming
   essentially becomes impossible, because then you cannot write those
   10 characters without the permission of the author of /foo/bar.

It does not make things impossible, or even near impossible are you
try to purport it.  You are free to not to use the program after all.