Tim Churches wrote: >> and how exactly are you going to load a DLL from an EXE file with- >> out "mixing, including, or combining" the two? > > You can't, but as long as that "mixing, including, or combining" only occurs > at runtime, > the GPL itself specifically says that is out of scope and the GPL does not > apply. Their > words, not mine - to quote (yet again): > > "Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered > by this > License; they are outside its scope. The act of running the Program is not > restricted,..."
except that if *you* set things up so the code is combined when run, *you* are copying, distributing, and/or modifying the program in order to mix, include and/or combine your work with the GPL:ed work. if you leave all that to the user, you're clear. (relying on word games is a lousy legal strategy in most parts of the world) </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
