+-------[ jpenny@universal-fasteners.com ]---------------------- | On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 11:29:23PM +0200, Nils Kassube wrote: | > I'm only pointing out what I think is a problem with using a | > GPL'ed component in a Zope site. | > | > My Zope-specific problem is: If I use a GPL'ed component in a complex | > object oriented environment like Zope, does this mean that the whole | > work is now subject to the GPL? | > | > work = Zope-based web site/web application | | GPL and non-GPL code. Again, installing gcc on a computer | does not automatically force every other piece of software on the | computer to be GPL (containment on a hard disk is not what this is gcc is also a special case. Any and all programs compiled with gcc contain GPL'd code, and therefore should also be GPL. This requirement would obviously kill gcc stone dead. -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | ACN: 082 081 472 ABN: 83 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au|