On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Alex Rufon <[email protected]> wrote: > Of course, I'll GPL the C#+ICE library (complying with the GPL > requirement) but would J interacting with the C#+ICE library > violate the GPL? Isn't this similar to J using GTK+/regular > expressions/readline? > > What do you guys think?
Copyright is a bit strange -- it is about ownership of conceptual works of art and different communities have different concepts about the sorts of works of art they deal with. That said: If ICE and J are clearly in separate works then the problem is similar to using Internet Explorer to talk with a GPL'd web server (I think Roxen would be an example of a GPL'd web server). However, if J is a modification to ICE then the copyright for ICE comes into play. Meanwhile, GPL restrictions only come into play when you distribute the GPL'd software. So if you are not distributing modified versions of ICE you should be ok. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
