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Re: derivative works (was: Licensing question about the BSD)


From: Alexander Terekhov
Subject: Re: derivative works (was: Licensing question about the BSD)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:09:46 +0200

Bruce Lewis wrote:
[...]
> intend to.  I'm only refuting the assertion that if no lines of program
> code are modified, it necessarily follows that there is no derivative
> work.  

It's not a derivative work if it's a (non-derivative) compilation. You
just can't have it both ways (derivative compilations based on some other
preexisting compilation(s) aside for a moment). Hey, even RMS admitted it
twice: <http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/05/msg00390.html>.

regards,
alexander.

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