Re: license ambiguity in guile exception to the gpl

[Marius Vollmer]

"Neil W. Van Dyke" <address@hidden> writes:

> (Aside: When we get into any kind of code interaction that doesn't occur
> via our traditional notions of native object code linking (static or
> dynamic) on the end user's machine, such as when we have substantial
> non-native-code runtime files, server-side use of GPL'd code,
> interaction through sockets, etc., we get into weaknesses of the GPL's
> definitions.  RMS recognizes this is a difficult and important problem,
> but I don't know how close we are to an updated GPL.)

I agree.  Can a non-free application that is written completely in
Scheme legally do a `(use-modules (ice-9 common-list))'?  I don't
know. Can you ask RMS and report back?  That would be great.