On 14 Dec 2006 15:48:30 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Suppose I want to err on the safe side, let's consider for a while > that what I asked before is not allowed. > > Does it seem less questionable (or more clearly allowed) for me to > prepare a zip file containing GPL'ed script files and put it as a > separate download on my site (telling the users to unzip this file in > a certain directory of my app) ? The GPL'ed script files will be > unmodified (containing the license and all the original code) - but > the file and directory structure may not be as in the original > distribution.
This would make patently clear that your scripts and the GPLed scripts are unrelated works. The GPL gives you the right to prepare and distribute derivative works, and re-arranging the layout of the files and directories is not a problem as long as the result is distributed under the GPL. As to your own scripts, whether they call other scripts through script . script or `script` they remain IMHO wholly original works as long as you have not copied code from these scripts. -- Stefaan A Eeckels -- He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave. (Sir William Drummond) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
