Re: Lua licensing thoughts

["Martin Schröder" <martin@...>]

2008/10/3 Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>:
>> 2008/10/1 Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>:
>>> The FSF position with regard to some bytecode interpreters (Emacs, for
>>> instance) is that the GPL extends to the bytecode.
>>
>> The GPL FAQ differs:
>> http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfInterpreterIsGPL
>
> Note that the first paragraph of the answer deals with interpreters
> which are GPLed and whose run-time environment is licensed more
> permissively.  This is very rare.  Emacs is not in this category.

So we have to look at two licenses: Interpreter and run-time
environment. The license for the interpreter shouldn't be a problem
(unless it's really weird). It's the environment's we have to care
about.

Best
   Martin