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
Lawrence Rosen scripsit:
They will refer you to the confusing
abstraction-filtration-comparison tests that are used in the U.S.
courts to distinguish functional from expressive content.
Some U.S. courts. What is more, the AFC test sounds good in theory, but
is decidedly hard to apply in
John Cowan wrote:
In any case, I am speaking here of literal copying only.
In that case, what's the problem you're hypothesizing? Every FOSS license
permits literal copying, and no FOSS license imposes a copyleft obligation
on any *other* work just because of making literal copies of the FOSS
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