Iain Barker scripsit: > A GPL application is modified by a vendor of non-free software, who adds a > Corba server API to the application. The vendor releases the source code to > the GPL application and modifications per the GPL terms.
The improvements *to the program* are freely available. The client is not, but given the free nature of the server, it is possible to reverse engineer a different client. > Non-free applications could also > be used as Corba servers to a GPL client application in the same manner. The freedom of Mozilla is not reduced by the fact that many useful Web sites run IIS. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan Original line from _The Warrior's Apprentice_ by Lois McMaster Bujold: "Only on Barrayar would pulling a loaded needler start a stampede toward one." English-to-Russian-to-English mangling thereof: "Only on Barrayar you risk to lose support instead of finding it when you threat with the charged weapon." -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3