Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] A Practical Guide to GPL Compliance

[Michael Dickens]

In my reading of this document, the issue of what constitutes a  
"derivative works" is not addressed at all, except to reference (#5)  
another document supposedly entitled "Software Derivative Work: A  
Circuit Dependent Determination" ... which doesn't seem to exist (via  
a Google search).

Closest I was able to find is "Software Derivative Work: A  
Jurisdiction Dependent Determination" (same author & rough date /  
year) < http://www.linux.com/feature/113252 > ... which is interesting  
but not greatly helpful (quoting from the first paragraph): "Just what  
is a 'derivative work?' The answer to that question depends on which  
court is being asked" ... ug.  I really wish the term "derivative  
work" were more precisely defined in the GPL ... maybe vagueness was  
the intent?

I do not mean to revive the prior debate (on this list and many  
others) about this topic ("what constitutes a 'derivative work'");  
just noting the issue in case others read this document and want to  
look up the reference. - MLD