> Therefore, my understanding of the directive is that software, that is > independently created and exchanges information with other software through > an interface, is independent software and not a derivative work. > > This is also my own understanding. But it means that linking software for > interoperability (= for exchanging information) makes no derivatives and > that the way of linking (statically producing a single binary or dynamic at > runtime) is just a technical modality without substantial importance > regarding copyright.
>From the perspective of European copyright law: yes. From the perspective of GPLv2: probably not (because of the wording of sec. 2 GPLv2). Best, Till _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss