On Fri, 03 Mar 2000, Schilling, Richard wrote: > Generally, if the program Alice writes for Bob references *anything* in the > GPLed library, Bob's program could be considered a deriverative work. If > the program Alice write does not reference anything in the GPLed library, > there is no point in linking to it in the first place. In terms of programming and computerese, you might possibly have a point, but the definition of "derivative" is according to copyright law. If references made something a derivative, then half the internet would be suing the other half. -- David Johnson... _____________________________ http://www.meer.net/~arandir/
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