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Re: PHPNuke license



On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 17:26, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> David Turner <novalis@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > > By that definition, Apache is interactive, as is the Linux kernel.
> > 
> > Sure, and I don't see a problem considering them interactive.  Now, I
> > guess you could say grep responds to SIGKILL being sent, but that *does*
> > seem far-fetched.
> 
> I think this is ludicrous.  The GPL does not speak of "interactive
> programs", but of a program which "normally reads commands
> interactively when run".  Linux does not "read commands
> interactively", and Apache does not.  And, indeed, PHPNuke does not.

D'oh!  That'll teach me to not check the license every time.  You're
right.

-- 
-Dave "Novalis" Turner
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