Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++

[Hyman Rosen]

On 2/4/2010 12:36 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> You misread the modify clauses of the GPL
>     v2: Section 2 "You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or
>         any portion of it . . ."
>     v3: Section 5 "Conveying Modified Source Versions . . ."
> focusing on its "mere aggregation" and "called an “aggregate”"
> blathering.
> BUT THIS CLAUSES ARE ABOUT ****MODIFICATION**** to begin with.

Legal documents define terms. Blathering is what you do.
Section 2 of GPLv2 says
    These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole.
    ... when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole
    which is a work based on the Program, the distribution of the
    whole must be on the terms of this License...

I have no idea what point you're trying to make, but
you're undoubtedly wrong again, as always.

> "Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted
> in any medium without royalty provided this notice is preserved."
>
> Are you seriously suggesting that [these] articles can NOT be
> included in collective works of others?

I think that in such a case, the copying permission is
broad enough that there is a reasonable expectation that
republishing in a collective work is permitted. That is
not the case with GPL-licensed code, which is at pains to
distinguish how such code may be included in collective
works.