Re: cdrtools

[Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de>]

Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> wrote:


> No, but the combined work (A+B) (i.e. a binary produced by linking
> module A with module B) is a "work based on" A, and hence (A+B) must be
> distributable under the terms of the GPL.
>
> Distributing the sources of A with the sources of B may be fine, but
> Debian would not be legally allowed to distribute a binary produced by
> linking A with B, since this would not be "mere aggregation".

If you try to again post claims that have already proven to be wrong, 
I see no reason to continue this "discussion", it only wastes time...

The GPL is a source license. The fact that you are thinking about the 
"license for a binary" verifies that you did not understand the GPL.

The GPL only restricts things (and requires the whole work to be put under GPL) 
in case you try to put other peoples GPLd work _into_ your your work and 
create a work based on the other code. This is obviously not true for the 
case I am talking of.

Again: if you continue to bend my statements I get the impression that you are 
not interested in a real discussion but in stealing my time.

I did never claim that any possible combination of CDDL & GPL code is permitted.
The combination I am using however is OK for me _and_ for binary redistributors.


Jörg

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