Re: Pytave licensing

[David Grundberg]

Judd Storrs wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 6:00 AM, Jaroslav Hajek <address@hidden> wrote:
>   
> > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Ulrich Staudinger <address@hidden>
> >     
> > > But if the script does not import pytave and does not use libraries that
> > > are distributed with it, it does not have to be.
> > >       
> > Well, I believe nobody tried to say that. That would be a plain nonsense.
> >     
>
> Not nonsense, really. Ulrich is hitting the nail very squarely on the
> head. You could very, very, very easily write a python script that
> receives any pytave-like object as a parameter without importing
> pytave.
>
>
>   

I don't think the mechanisms for linking matters. You're still linking, 
and you're still deriving Pytave.

It makes me uneasy to hear people trying to make proprietary works of 
copyleft software. I think it is very unethical, since copyleft software 
is developed with the intent to always be free software. Nobody is 
forcing anyone to use copyleft software, so there is no need to weep 
crocodile tears.

David