If a compiled Python extension module B includes code from some other 
software A which is licensed only under the GPL, do other Python programmes, 
C,  which import module B also need to be licensed under a GPL-compatible 
license (assuming C is/are to be distributed to third parties)? 

I think the answer is yes, both from a lay (IANAL) legal and moral point-of-view, 
but I am interested in hearing any arguments to the contrary. Note that I am 
talking about the GPL, not the LGPL, and the aim is to honour both the copyleft 
spirit and the copyleft legal force of the GPL, not to find clever methods of 
circumventing it.

Tim C



