Steve Langasek wrote:
It doesn't "add", it clarifies. i.e. if you build a clustered file
system that does stuff specific to reiserfs (e.g. use the reiser4
syscall), then that will be considered a derived work, and must be
distributable under the GPL.
Sure, you could go to court and argue that it isn't - but namesys have a
clear clarification of what they consider, so I hope your lawyer is good
:)
The term "derivative work" in the GPL is defined
defined very loosely, as it indeed it must be, because it is inherently
a loose concept. There is, for instance, nothing in copyright law about
linking....
by copyright law and
case law.
