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> Aren't they? So, if I want to use a GPL library, all I need to do is write a little wrapper program that does RPC over a socket, and boom, I can use a GPL lib
by camgunz 2y ago
> Aren't they? So, if I want to use a GPL library, all I need to do is write a little wrapper program that does RPC over a socket, and boom, I can use a GPL library in my closed source program?
Yep. This is how MySQL/MariaDB work, for example.
- pimeys 2y agoWhat about when running a wasm component in an AGPL host? Can the compiled wasm file be proprietary? They share the same memory space, but the wasm component is not compiled with the host.
- camgunz 2y agoInteresting; this sounds to me like linking, but I'd email licensing@fsf.org to be sure.