On 2/1/2010 3:25 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: > It's still A+B=C you silly. The status under copyright of a "program" > work being separate and independent work from a "library" work is > independent from technical nature of linking (early vs. late binding).
You are wrong. In book terms, it is the difference between an anthology and a bibliography. A combined work which physically aggregates multiple works into a single one may only be copied and distributed once permission is obtained from the rights holders of the components. A work which contains within it instructions for how it is to interoperate with a library when executed is not a combined work containing that library, and needs no permission from the rights holder of that library. While it may be that a combined work is created when the program is executed, that is irrelevant for GPL-licensed code since the GPL gives blanket permission to execute programs. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
