[omniORB] omniNames: a GPL question

[Duncan Grisby]

On Thursday 10 May, mik@geosys.ru wrote:

> If I run omniNames from my shell's command line, it is o'key as the
> GPL is concerned. Then, if I simply start the same executable from
> my proprietary C code with a call to system("omniNames.exe") - I do
> not violate anything, right?

Yes, that usage is fine. The only time you have to be concerned about
the GPL is if you add features to omniNames, or take large portions of
its code for your application. Just running it, no matter how, is no
problem.

Cheers,

Duncan.

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