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----- PRELIMINARY DRAFT 2006/4/3 FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY Accepted for Publication in Issue 21:4 (Fall 2006) of the BERKELEY TECHNOLOGY LAW JOURNAL DANGEROUS LIAISONS SOFTWARE COMBINATIONS AS DERIVATIVE WORKS? Distribution, Installation and Execution of Linked Programs under Copyright Law, Commercial Licenses and the GPL By Lothar Determann Prof. Dr. Lothar Determann teaches courses on Computer and Internet law at the University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of San Francisco School of Law and Freie Universität Berlin (www.lothar.determann.name) and practices law as a partner in the international technology practice group of Baker & McKenzie LLP, San Francisco/Palo Alto office (www.bakernet.com). The author is grateful for assistance from his students, in particular Tal Lavian, Principal Scientist at Nortel Labs (valuable comments from computer science perspective), Steven B. Toeniskoetter, Lars F. Brauer, and Neda Shabahang (legal research and footnote editing). ----- regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss