[Bug 166189] Review Request: perl-Class-DBI-Loader-Relationship : Easier relationship specification in CDBI::L

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 11:25 -0400, bugzilla at redhat.com wrote:
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> Summary: Review Request: perl-Class-DBI-Loader-Relationship : Easier relationship specification in CDBI::L
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> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166189
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> ------- Additional Comments From tcallawa at redhat.com  2005-09-12 11:25 EST -------

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> I can make a GPL application which does nothing but calls out and runs a
> proprietary application with specific flags. Merely running non-GPL-compatible
> bits is ok, its only linking at compile time. Larry Wall thinks that perl
> modules are not being "linked to", rather only being run.
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> > If it's not, what would be the point of releasing this module under a specific
> > license such as GPL or Artistic if anyone can use that code under whatever terms
> > they liked (e.g. proprietary)?
You have to distinguish run-time licenses from source-code licenses.

Most perl-modules can be considered to be "external scripts/programs"
and not actually being linked, so you are allowed to run them in most
cases. 

But as a developer, you have to analyze very carefully if you are
allowed to derive code from a perl module's sources.

Ralf