On 4/1/2010 9:06 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
yes, I've been telling you all along that the GPL doesn't cover non-GPL'd works included in compilations (aka collective works, aka "mere aggregations" in GNU-speak).
You are wrong in every way. Permission from the rights holders of components is is required in order to copy and distribute a collective work which contains those components, and such a collective work may or may not be "mere aggregation" as defined by the GPL depending on the nature of the collective work. You are very confused. Copyright law indeed does not require permission from the rights holders of components in order to create a collective work containing them if the collective work is not a derivative work. However, copyright law does not give the creator of the collective work the right to copy and distribute the components without permission. For GPL-covered works, the GPL uses the nature of the collective work to determine how it may be copied and distributed. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
