[Zope] Zope and the GPL poison pill

[Andrew Kenneth Milton]

+-------[ 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. 

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