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[Fsfe-france] Linux Journal article by a lawyer on the notion of deriva
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Laurent Guerby |
Subject: |
[Fsfe-france] Linux Journal article by a lawyer on the notion of derivative work & implications of the GNU GPL |
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Thu, 02 Jan 2003 21:43:34 +0100 |
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Hi, you might wish to react to this article:
<<When is one program a "derivative work" of another?>>
<http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6366>
In particular
<<
[...] 2) The meaning of derivative work will not be broadened to include
software created by linking to library programs that were designed and
intended to be used as library programs. When a company releases a
scientific subroutine library, or a library of objects, for example,
people who merely use the library, unmodified, perhaps without even
looking at the source code, are not thereby creating derivative works of
the library. [...]
>>
Auhtor signature:
<<
Lawrence Rosen is an attorney in private practice, with offices in Los
Altos and Ukiah, California (www.rosenlaw.com). He is also corporate
secretary and general counsel for the Open Source Initiative, which
manages and promotes the Open Source Definition (www.opensource.org).
>>
Sincerely,
--
Laurent Guerby <address@hidden>
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