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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> As my software will be only scripts, I will not, strictly speaking, distribute
> something under a binary format. What does "binary format" mean in that
> specific case ? Is it really a binary compiled with gcc, or does it have a
> broader meaning, like "software in it's realeased format" ?

The latter is probably correct. 'Executable form' looks like the best 
wording here. F.e., JavaScript files in Mozilla source contain 
preprocessor macros, as a result their executable form differs from the 
source code.

In addition, executable form usually gets some packaging to ease 
installation. And as Gerv said, you cannot use GPL for this package, 
unless you drop those non-GPLed files.

When you distribute source code, you can claim that you are distributing 
two separate sets of files: one under tri-license, and one under MPL 
only. Applied this way, GPL is valid.

Cheers,

-- 
Sergey Yanovich
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