Python license (was RE: Python plug-ins for Adobe Products available)

[David Bolen]

scarblac-spamtrap at pino.selwerd.nl (Remco Gerlich) writes:

> David Bolen wrote in comp.lang.python:
> > Courageous <jkraska1 at san.rr.com> writes:
> > 
> > > GPL is not as restrictive as you think. It's possible to
> > > write non GPL'd software linked to GPL'd libraries. Or at
> > > least so Mr. Stallman told me once.
> > 
> > Hmm, I don't think you can do that with GPL'd libraries - you'd need
> > LGPL'd libraries for that, which if I remember correctly permits
> > linking into non-GPL applications.
> 
> You can link some non-GPL software to GPL libraries - if the non-GPL stuff
> (...)

Oh definitely, but the question at hand was about the other direction;
linking GPL libraries into code that isn't going to be released as
GPL - normally a big no-no :-)

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