In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- Barry Margolin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
