Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
If the program depends on the other program in some manner,
> then yes you do.
Here's what the US Copyright Code says: A “derivative work” is a work based upon one or more preexisting works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which a work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. A work consisting of editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications which, as a whole, represent an original work of authorship, is a “derivative work”. It is entirely clear that for a work to be derivative, it must incorporate significant portions of the original work. Code written to interoperate with other code is not a derivative work of that code by the definition given in the law. You don't like that? Too bad. Get the law changed. And then be prepared when Microsoft sues Samba out of existence. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss