Re: Question About GNU General Public License

[Alexander Terekhov]

David Kastrup wrote:
[...]
> ruling stating that extracted symbol tables would not fall under the
> original copyright.

I'm tired of you. Interoperability aside for a moment, names, 
titles, short phrases, and mnemonics are not copyrightable, 
"even if such expressions are novel, distinctive, or lend 
themselves to a play on words. Similarly, a mere listing of 
ingredients or contents is not copyrightable. See 37 C.F.R. 
202.1(a)."

http://www.ipmall.info/hosted_resources/CopyrightCompendium/chapter_0300.asp
(BTW, don't miss the definition of "derivative computer program")

regards,
alexander.