Interpreters

[John Cowan]

Terry Hancock wrote:

> Should a Free interpreter intended to be able to
> run proprietary programs be covered under the
> GPL or the LGPL?

Well, first of all, anything licensed under the LGPL is effectively
licensed under the GPL too, because anyone can take a copy and convert
it to the GPL.

That said, most such interpreters are licensed under the GPL,
such as Perl.
 
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