This is correct, it is an invocation of a command line app. It's
similar to how OS X Server has a UI to control Apache. It edits the
config file and launches/quits the daemon, but OS X Server will
compile/link/run without Apache. It just won't serve Web pages without
it.
-j.
On Friday, October 11, 2002, at 07:26 AM, Gerstein, Sam wrote:
> I believe everything you've said here is true, but in addition (not
> knowing
> how UnixNPI actually works I'm not positive 'bout this), it sounds to
> me
> like he's not "linking" to it in the compile-and-link sense. Correct
> me if
> I'm wrong, but we're talking about the invocation of a command-line
> app,
> right? I've never heard anyone suggest that such loose "linking" is a
> violation of the GPL. It (a) is not a derivative work and (b) (as you
> said)
> doesn't require the GPLed code to compile and/or link, and can run
> without
> it
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