Really, this is a question for lawyers, which is one of my pet peeves about
the GPL. But I would say if you are not distributing any GPL software then
the GPL license does not come into play. Its a pretty safe bet, anyway.
> At 04:09 25/8/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >Its about a month since the license issue regarding Webmacro was
discussed.
> >Any updates?
> >
> >How restrictive is GPL?
> >Is it okay if we who use Webmarco, do not add Webmacro
> >in our distribution, but ask that the clients install their own?
> >[thats almost like Library GPL]
>
> Nope thats a violation of GPL. Any java code that ever uses GPL code
> automatically must be GPLed (theoretically) and any code which uses this
is
> also GPLed etc. It's infectious nature is one of the worst things about
> GPL. If any code is GPL in your system then all code must be GPL.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pete
>
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