Use of GPLed Python extension modules

[Paul Rubin]

rkern at ucsd.edu (Robert Kern) writes:
> Note that the question is phrased as a "proprietary vs. GPL"
> dichotomy. I think the following entry is more appropriate:
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCGPLModuleLicense

No I don't think it's more appropriate.  That entry is about adding
your own module to a GPL'd program.  Such a module doesn't have to be
GPL'd, as long as its license is "GPL-compatible".  The original
question was not about that.  It was about using part of a GPL'd
program in another program.  That is prohibited unless the second
program is also GPL'd.