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Re: GPL question
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David Kastrup |
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Re: GPL question |
Date: |
Thu, 17 May 2007 19:36:51 +0200 |
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richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) writes:
> In article <85zm43wmct.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>, David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
> wrote:
>
>>> So presumably the idea is that the two acts together constitute
>>> distribution of a derivative work? If so - to go back to my earlier
>>> example - is the distribution of the Aquamacs source, distribution
>>> of a derivative work of MacOS X?
>
>>In order not to have to rely on a particular interpretation of this
>>question, the GPL states in section 3:
>>
>> However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need
>> not include anything that is normally distributed (in either
>> source or binary form) with the major components (compiler,
>> kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable
>> runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable.
>
> I think you're misunderstanding my question. Aquamacs (as far as I
> know) contains code to access Apple's graphical interface
> libraries. As far as I know, there is no other implementation of
> these. So according to your theory, when a user runs Aquamacs they
> create a derivative work of MacOS X. If I required the FSF's
> permission to distribute a work that links with readline (ignoring
> that there is now an alternative implementation), surely I require
> Apple's permission to distribute a program that links with their
> libraries. This does not seem like a desirable situation.
I propose that you read the license coming with the development
version of Apple's libraries. Of course you will have to heed Apple's
conditions for distributing their code.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Re: GPL question, (continued)
- Re: GPL question, Richard Tobin, 2007/05/15
- Re: GPL question, Alexander Terekhov, 2007/05/16
- Re: GPL question, David Kastrup, 2007/05/16
- Re: GPL question, Richard Tobin, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, David Kastrup, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, Richard Tobin, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, David Kastrup, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, Richard Tobin, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, David Kastrup, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, Richard Tobin, 2007/05/17
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- Re: GPL question, David Kastrup, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, John Hasler, 2007/05/17
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- Re: GPL question, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, Alexander Terekhov, 2007/05/18
- Re: GPL question, John Hasler, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, Richard Tobin, 2007/05/17
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