>> Since you are *not* distributing the programs together, I don't see how >> the GPL applies. The *user* is the one that is running the command to >> download the non-gpl program, and all linking or other dependencies are >> happening on the user's machine, at their request. The result is not >> being distributed. > > *Technically* this may be legal because currently I'm not distributing > the binary with both spkg's prebuilt. > However, I still do not at all feel comfortable with such > distribution. In fact, I generally would like to very strongly > discourage anybody from creating any so-called GPL'd spkg (or other > programs) that cannot be built without linking in a GPL-incompatible > non-system library during **compile time**. Though perhaps > technically legal, this is against my understanding of the spirit of > the GPL and certainly not good for the free software ecosystem.
Are you suggesting, that such a program should best not be written at all? No matter how useful it might be for a bunch of people? I understand your position, though. The problem actually is the non-free program not the GPL code. ;-) Ralf --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
