[DB-SIG] Re: [Psycopg] GPL or LGPL

[Federico Di Gregorio]

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Il mer, 2002-10-02 alle 08:52, Magnus Lycka ha scritto:
> At 01:19 2002-10-02 +0200, Federico Di Gregorio wrote:
> >let's restate the problem: bash is GPL'ed. should *any* sh script be
> >released under the GPL? or only the ones using bash extensions to
> >standard bourne shell? and why is python (and its extension psycopg)
> >diferent from a shell?
>=20
> Do you suggest that a python program that is written
> for vanilla DB-API 2 and happens to work with psycopg
> could be proprietary, but a python program that uses
> unique features in psycopg can not?
>=20
> The issue is (I suppose) whether the python program
> is a derivate work of psycopg.

is the following script a derivative work of bash and should then be
placed under GPL?

#!/bin/bash
pushd /tmp && popd


> I don't think there is any doubt that python code that
> uses unique features of psycopg must be considered a
> derivate work, just as a novel about the hobbit Frodo
> is a derivate work of Tolkiens books, and thus a
> copyright infringement if published without permission.

i think there are *big* doubts. python bytecode and the (possibly
dynamically linked) python executable are on different domains. nobody
really thinks a single, proprietary bash script breaks bash license.
now, tell me *where* python is different from bash. your program
bytecode *uses* psycopg, it does not link with it. not even on "import",
import just instructs the python interpreter to link itself agains some
code.

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Federico Di Gregorio
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