Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> >> Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > I don't care what you say. Thanks to Wallace, the GPL drafter is on >> > record: <quote> In fact, the GPL itself rejects any automatic >> > aggregation of software copyrights under the GPL simply because one >> > program licensed under the GPL is distributed together with another >> > program >> >> "together with" does not describe the relationship of Siamese twins. > > And what's the relevance of that remark? Under Berne Convention > software is protected as literary works. The mechanism of linking > is irrelevant.
Except that it isn't because you don't link unrelated pieces of software (well, you can, but that is just aggregating them in one library). They have to interface. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
