Re: The impact of a module's license on the requiring Lua program

[Christopher Berardi <cberardi@...>]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 08:44:53AM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote:
> What impact does the license of a Lua module have on the requiring (i.e.
> calling) Lua program?
> 
> If a Lua module is GPLed, does using that module with 'require' make my
> Lua program a derivative work as per GPL terms or is it merely running
> the program as per GPL terms? The latter case would mean that my Lua
> program needs not be published under the GPL.
> 
> Anyone knows sth about this?
> 
> - mb
> 

Note: IANAL!

In my opinion, using require would be akin to linking in a compiled
language. As such, using GPL'd code would virally make the entire
program GPL.

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