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[Fwd: [gnu.org #220719] Re: python and gpl]

Paul Rubin http
Thu Feb 3 20:38:55 EST 2005 
Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> writes:
> In the absence of other information I Cc'd gnu at gnu.org to ask their
> opinion about the relationship between GPL'd Python modules and
> programs that imported them

In the OP's particular case, he got the agreement of the GPL'd
module's author, so it stopped being an issue for that particular
module.  However the FSF takes the view that dynamic linking a GPL'd
module does count as making a derivative work, and I'm pretty sure
they have enforced this view (i.e. convinced someone who was doing it
that they better stop) in the past.
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