GPL for JS libraries (Was: Re: Redefining GPL?)

Thu Nov 30 20:46:44 UTC 2006

On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 20:37 +0000, David Woolley wrote:
> > ...which, if you view the start of the HTML source:
> > 
> > > <html>
> > > <head>
> > > <title>GPL JavaScript Public Key Encryption Demo</title>
> 
> > > <script language="JavaScript"><!--
> > > /* The following functions are (c) 2000 by John M Hanna and are
> > > * released under the terms of the Gnu Public License.
> 
> That looks like the HTML file is GPLed as well, because it is a
> derivative of the scripting code.

Well, including the JS code inline in the HTML page isn't a good idea
anyway, except for pedagogical purposes.

- Michael