On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan <[email protected]> wrote: > 2011/1/3 Narendra Sisodiya <[email protected]>: >> Let assume ls, cat and other command are under GPLv2 >> If somebody write bash script and use these command for coding, Do >> he/she has to release it under GPL. > > No. Not even if he writes a C program that execve()'s ls or cat.
Thanks, but I was confused by linking part. So this is not linking.. this is direct "use" or just a "call". > But if he uses the source code of ls to implement a function in his code, > then yes - he has to release it under GPL. That's obvious fact.. -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
