Re: GPL confusion

[Martin Dickopp]

Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:

> yeah@nothanks.com wrote:
> [...]
>> Suppose I want to use MySQL as a database under MySQL AP's GPL option.
>> Does merely using it as a database invoke the GPL requirement on my
>> Widget Tracker app?
>
> No.
>
> Copyright protects software as literacy works. Things like "in order 
> to operate"/"whole program"/etc are completely irrelevant. External 
> elements (stuff from headers and alike) are filtered out by the AFC 
> test when trying to determine whether there is copyright infringement. 

As is well known, you like quoting very much.  Here's your chance to
quote something useful: Could you please quote a few court cases where
the courts have indeed decided in this sense?  Preferredly from the
OP's jurisdiction, as that would be most useful to him.

Martin