Francis Girard wrote: [I wrote:]
In any case, he may be right, and the FSF, Trolltech, and you could all be wrong. Your intention when you use the GPL may be moot if a judge determines that the text itself and copyright law does not support your interpretation.
I'm sorry to jump into this thread without any knowledge of these issues. I was just wondering if it did happen. Did some law court, over the past decade, had to make a decision about GPL on some real issue ?
Not about this issue, I don't believe. There was some flap between MySQL AB and NuSphere Corporation concerning *static* linking, but that case was settled before the judge ruled on whether static linking creates a derivative work[1].
Larry Rosen's book _Open Source Licensing_ covers these issues (and their lack of case law) pretty thoroughly[2].
[1] http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/press-release/release_2002_14.html [2] http://www.rosenlaw.com/oslbook.htm
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