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

[Hyman Rosen]

On 2/4/2010 4:35 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> Resolving symbolic links (by a linker program) to something less
> expressive (but more effecient) doesn't create a modified/derivative
> work

You say "modified/derivative" as if the two words are
synonyms, but they are not. A copy of library altered
by a linker is "modified" and is not "verbatim" nor is
it a copy of the "source". The technical meaning of
"derivative" in copyright law is not the same as
"modified". A book with a page ripped out is "modified"
but not "derivative".