On 09-04-2012 16:24, Kagamin wrote:
On Friday, 6 April 2012 at 13:00:34 UTC, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
Yes, but -- if I understand correctly -- the Waf binary is provided as
an integral part of the source distribution. It's not just another
program that sits elsewhere on your computer and can be installed
independently.
In fact, the zipped-up wscript is contained within the build script as
a binary blob, no? This alone is enough to make it fall under the GPL
provisions.
GPL doesn't prohibit distribution in binary form, it's about rights, not
form. For example, Linux is distributed in binary form and that's not a
problem. Though, it's a perfectly meaningful demand to have waf sources
in repository. A source-only package should not cause any harm, should it?
Of course nothing stops you including the actual Waf source rather than
just the compressed binary.
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- Alex
