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Re: "Adobe Open Source License" GPL compatible?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: "Adobe Open Source License" GPL compatible? |
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Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:38:19 +0200 |
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Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
> Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 10:57 +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
>> > First sale aside for a moment, GPL is a bare copyright license. When
>> > you merely "combine" works, you create compilations, not derivative
>> > works. The former is also known as "mere aggregation." Got it now?
>>
>> Well, apart from the fact that there is no "combining" but
>> combining, one should take in account that while in combining you
>> are just combining, when you build upon an existing work (aka use a
>> library) you're making a derivate.
>
> In a metaphysical sense, all works are derivatives. But under
> copyright law (apart from the GNU Republic), exclusive right to
> prepare derivative works doesn't cover compilations. Go read the
> legal code, stupid.
You are a bit confused. The question is not whether the whole
compilation is a derivative work of its components: it most certainly
is. The question is whether the derived part can be considered
restricted to the GPLed component, namely that the non-GPLed component
is not affected by derivation. For a published API with competing
implementations, this won't usually be the case, making the GPL
effectively LGPL.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Re: "Adobe Open Source License" GPL compatible?, (continued)
Re: "Adobe Open Source License" GPL compatible?, Tim Smith, 2005/04/20
- Re: "Adobe Open Source License" GPL compatible?, Tatu Portin, 2005/04/20
- Re: "Adobe Open Source License" GPL compatible?, Alexander Terekhov, 2005/04/21
- Re: "Adobe Open Source License" GPL compatible?, Rui Miguel Seabra, 2005/04/21
- Re: "Adobe Open Source License" GPL compatible?, David Kastrup, 2005/04/21
- Re: "Adobe Open Source License" GPL compatible?, Isaac, 2005/04/22
- Re: "Adobe Open Source License" GPL compatible?, Alexander Terekhov, 2005/04/23
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Re: "Adobe Open Source License" GPL compatible?, Tatu Portin, 2005/04/14