On 2/2/2010 3:16 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
I've posted many links to the material supporting the fact that the GPL's "mere aggregation" clause in fact gives permission to combine programs through static linking/aggregate.
You mean like this one? <http://www.ipinfoblog.com/archives/Open%20Source%20Legal%20Issues.pdf> The term, “mere aggregation,” has no legally established meaning, but would seemingly cover cases where the presence of a GPL program and another program is based on convenience, rather than function. The term should be read in juxtaposition to the coverage of derivative works under GPL and to issues about whether GPL applies to “collective works” as that term is defined in the Copyright Act. Apparently, the intent here is to exclude coverage of independently created software that might be covered solely because the software and a GPL product are included on a single storage medium for convenience. Where the joint storage reflects an expressive or technological purpose other than mere convenience, however, this exception may not apply. As usual, your links vitiate rather than support your thesis. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
