RE: Using GNU Make with LSF

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Nestor Amaya <address@hidden> writes:

  na> Platform Computing states that they will provide us only the
  na> modified GNU Make source code, and not the program which GNU Make
  na> has been modified to call - lsmakerm (?).

This is fine.

  na> If GNU Make has been modifed to call program X, then isn't program
  na> X considered to be _LINKed_ to GNU Make (i.e. it shouldn't matter
  na> whether this is done statically, dynamically, as a thread,
  na> whatever?)

No.  Linking has a specific meaning in this case; essentially it must be
present in the same process space as the make program at runtime.

Forking/execing a proprietary program is fine--after all, if it weren't
you couldn't use GNU make with any proprietary compilers, right, since
GNU make calls those programs via fork/exec?

  na> Given my layman's interpretation of _LINKING_, isn't this in
  na> violation of the GPL?

No.

If you are concerned or feel that this is not a proper interpretation
you should definitely bring it up with Richard Stallman <address@hidden>.

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