Re: cdrtools

[Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>]

* Daniel Schepler:

> And since dynamic linking is done at the time the program is run, this would 
> appear to me to be what applies.  In particular, it appears to me that you 
> could satisfy the GPL and still dynamically link against a non-free library, 
> and distribute both, by invoking the "mere aggregation" clause of section 2.  

As a countermeasure, the FSF tries to extend copyright to interfaces,
so that you do create a derivative work merely by programming to a
specific interface of a library written by someone else, without
copying their code.  I'm not sure if this is such a bright idea.