Re: GPL 3 and derivatives

I very much enjoyed the way you put your question.

Although not a wise one, here is a shot:

In the definitions it reads "to "modify" a work means to copy from or adapt all or part of the work
in a fashion requiring copyright permission, other than the making of an
exact copy."
So, whatever is not exact copy is derivative (adaptation, translation, modification etc),  for which you
 need permission.
In section 5 you will find your answer about "sharing alike": " The work must carry prominent notices stating that it is released under this License"
and " You must license the entire work, as a whole, under this license to anyone who comes into possession of a copy"
Hope this helps!

----- Original Message ----
From: Shriramana Sharma <samjnaa@gmail.com>
To: debian-legal@lists.debian.org
Sent: Monday, November 5, 2007 1:51:20 PM
Subject: GPL 3 and derivatives

O wise ones,

Please point out to me where in the forest of the GPL 3 liveth that
animal called the "requirement of derivative works to be distributed
under the same license"?

GPL v3 does not at all have the word "derivative". Apparently this is an
attempt at making the GPL less dependent on the US legal system, which
is a good thing ok but I can hardly read this text. Some survey should
be conducted to determine as to what exact percentage of people taking
advantage of the GPL actually understand it, at whatever version.

The word "based on" seems to refers to modified forms of the same work
and not derivative works.

Shriramana Sharma.

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