I forgot to reply to this thread, but in the latest release, where I also split the eggs, I changed the license to BSD.
Enjoy! - Rolando On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM Pietro Cerutti via Chicken-users < chicken-users@nongnu.org> wrote: > On Aug 19 2025, 21:05 +0000, Rolando Abarca <cpm.rolan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > [-- Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8, Encoding: quoted-printable, Size: 1.2K > --] > > > >On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM Pietro Cerutti via Chicken-users <[1] > >chicken-users@nongnu.org> wrote: > > > > > > The thing is that I'm never sure when it comes to GPL.. it's > complicated, > > opinions vary, and the "linking" argument scares me a bit. Does > including > > the Schematra module represent a derived work, and would that imply > that > > websites using it need to be GPL too? > > If that's the case, I would perceive it as a pretty strong limitation. > > > > > >That's a very good point. I completely forgot about linking (I still had > my > >mind in the interpreted world). > > I think the FSF's stance on importing GPL software in an interpreted > context is that it still constitutes derived work: you're still ending > up with the GPL code and the other code sharing the same address space, > which would be equivalent to linking. The FSF tends to put the focus on > the means of communication, i.e., one process having GPL and something > else in the same address space vs. two processes talking via IPC: > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html#MereAggregation > > > > Ok, let me do some research about this, I'll > >need to change the license to something else because it's definitely a > strong > >limitation. > >Thanks for bringing this up! > > Thank you for your consideration! > > -- > Pietro Cerutti > I have pledged to give 10% of income to effective charities > and invite you to join me - https://givingwhatwecan.org > >
