Tim Churches wrote: >>except that if *you* set things up so the code is combined when run, *you* are >>copying, distributing, and/or modifying the program in order to mix, include >>and/or >>combine your work with the GPL:ed work. >> >>if you leave all that to the user, you're clear. >> > Yes, that is what I, and others, have been saying, and doing, all along. Our > Mozilla Public > Licensed Python application imports (but contains no code from) a GPLed > third-party Python module > at runtime, but we don't distribute that module, we just tell users to obtain > it independently and > install it on their systems.
does your program work (in any way) without this module? >>(relying on word games is a lousy legal strategy in most parts of the world) >> > (Gee, I thought that word games were the entire basis of much legal endeavour > in most parts of the > world. Patent specifications in particular spring to mind.) yeah, but you shouldn't base your entire game on a specific word play. </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list