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Article #7124Re: GNU Script isn't fixing something that's broken, so is doomed
From: Tom Lord
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 1994 21:34
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 1994 21:34
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Matthias Neeracher writes: - And finally, as an *extension* language, Gel will be unuseable for commercial programs. This point seems to have been frequently misunderstood: the question is not whether *user scripts* written in Gel will be automatically copylefted: they won't be. The problem is that the Gel *system* will have to be linked into the program to be scripted, and if Gel is copylefted, every scriptable program using it would have to be copylefted. This situation is significantly different from language implementations like gcc, where copylefting has not hindered commercial use. This is wrong. It is Matthias who misunderstood. The implementation of GEL will be usable with proprietary programs. You will be able to link GEL into your proprietary program without ``infecting'' those programs. GEL will not be a GPL program. -t -- ---- If you would like to volunteer to help with the GNU extension language project, please write to lord@gnu.ai.mit.edu.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f891f,9bda08f2f068881f X-Google-Attributes: gidf891f,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9bda08f2f068881f X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-02 13:34:23 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,gnu.misc.discuss Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.mathworks.com!transfer.stratus.com!noc.near.net!cambridge-news.cygnus.com!news.cygnus.com!nntp!lord From: lord@x1.cygnus.com (Tom Lord) Subject: Re: GNU Script isn't fixing something that's broken, so is doomed In-Reply-To: neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch's message of 02 Nov 1994 16:49:59 GMT Message-ID: <LORD.94Nov2133424@x1.cygnus.com> Followup-To: comp.lang.misc,gnu.misc.discuss Sender: news@cygnus.com Nntp-Posting-Host: x1.cygnus.com Organization: Cygnus Support References: <394kll$kso@csnews.cs.Colorado.EDU> <ROCKWELL.94Nov1103650@nova.umd.edu> <395p66$2j4@csnews.cs.Colorado.EDU> <MARCUS.94Nov1172625@jetsam.cs.pdx.edu> <NEERI.94Nov2174959@yggdrasil.ethz.ch> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 21:34:23 GMT Lines: 26