[asterisk-users] asterisk-gplonly dependency in asterisk-addons RPM

[Richard Kenner]

> This begs the question of when the actual violation occurs. In other 
> words, is this really a "usage" issue, or does the violation occur 
> at install time even though the non-GPL component is not "usable"?

It's hard to see how the violation could occur unless and until the
resulting program were distributed.  Yes, executing a program is
technically making a copy, but the GPL, along with almost all licenses,
don't make any restrictions on that copy.