On Dec 3, 7:28 am, J de Boyne Pollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> No. What is required in order to run a work distributed as source
> code is _compiliation_, from source code to machine code.
If you compile without linking, you'll be left with an object file,
which you can't execute. Ordinary u
DS> You will [not] find anything about
DS> "larger programs" or linking in copyright law.
JdeBP> You will, however, find a definition of an
JdeBP> "adaptation" of a computer program in
JdeBP> section 21 of the U.K. Copyrights,
JdeBP> Designs, and Patents Act (as amended).
DS> I don't know enough