On 17/12/03 Les Mikesell did say: > Actually the GPL applies to any derived work that is subsequently > distributed regardless of whether you modify the original or not.
Many people have far too loose an interpretation of that. Any code ever written in GNU Emacs, a GPL'd product, is not a derived work of Emacs and thus required to be released under the GPL. Any shell script that calls GNU grep is not a derived work of GNU grep. In any case, IANAL, and our lawyers seem happy. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 613-592-2122 x2522 6000/6010/60* Development, Mitel Networks Corporation "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to Unix -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
