RE: (In plain text) GPL software as part of a commercial package (e.g. Atmel's AVRStudio v5)

Quoting Vesa Paatero <Vesa.Paatero <at> biolinscientific.com>:

Vesa  et al

> So, it seems -- unless someone presents new arguments to the contrary --
> that GPL-licensed programs can be used as components of proprietary
> programs when they are invoked as separate executables (as opposed to
> dynamic linking of libraries, for example) and they don't interact by
> via shared data structures in shared memory or comparable method.

If you are interested in the area of interworking of programs and the  
possible impact under GNU GPL 2.0/3.0, you might be interested in the  
documents here:

https://wiki.fsfe.org/EuropeanLegalNetwork/LinkingDocument

As the blurb says, it was intended to be a discussion document, and  
certainly is not binding in any way, but it might give some food for  
thought.

Kind regards

Neil

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