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Re: loading proprietary code from GPL
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Tim Smith |
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Re: loading proprietary code from GPL |
Date: |
Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:39:31 -0700 |
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In article <87bprgfu5o.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org>,
John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote:
> noamtm writes:
> > Does the GPL (v2) allow a GPL'd program to dynamically load and execute
> > proprietary code?
>
> What does the program do if the proprietary code is not available? What
> does the proprietary code do if the program is not available? Is the
> program able to load and execute more than just the one piece of
> proprietary code? Is there any other program that can load and execute the
> proprietary code? Was the proprietary code written for this specific
> purpose?
What do any of those questions have to do with copyright law?
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--Tim Smith