Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Måns Rullgård <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I know that is how law works. I just find it strange, that the GPL is >> so explicit on this point, and yet doesn't bother to clarify at all >> what a "derived work" might be, just to take an example. > > I suppose the idea is to have the GPL apply as broadly as possible. > Anyone who wants a clarification of "derived work" that is valid for > their position in the space-time continuum should visit a law library.
The problem is that all such definitions are based on the notion that a "work" is either something tangible, or a performance act. They simply don't apply well to computer programs. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED]
