Re: [ng-spice] Readline Response


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From Kev <kev@v-ms.com>
Date Tue, 17 Aug 1999 11:13:49 +0100
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Paolo Nenzi wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Daniele Foci wrote:
> 
> > Il 14/08/99 19:51, Paolo Nenzi ha scritto:
> > > May be that someone with a legal backgroung can help us finding a way.
> > A mega-GPL-patch for Spice source file? ;-)
> 
> It is forbidden to include (even patch) gpl covered code with non-gpl
> covered code. The two pieces of code, if used togeter must be independent
> like emacs used as editor for a commercial compiler.
> Anyway I will write anothe email to Stallman asking what we can do to
> overcome this limit (but I think that the only answer is: rewrite spice!).
> 
> Paolo

Does anyone know if 'not mixing gpl & non-gpl' code extends to DLLs?

My intention for the V-2000 (Verilog-AMS) project was to load GPL & BSD
licensed code (e.g. gcc & Spice3/ng-spice) dynamically at run-time, at the
user's site - and at the users discretion, i.e. I wouldn't deliver any
applications with mixed license requirements, and preferbly not deliver
gcc/spice at all.

This approach might work for bolting new script interfaces into ng-spice
too.

Kev.

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