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Re: Eclipse 3.0 Running ILLEGALY on Kaffe



On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 08:02:57PM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> > Derivation is something that happens when you *write* the program. Not
> > when you build it.
> 
> How many times does it have to be stated that *using* an API does not
> form a derivative work of *any* implementation of the API?

More irrelevancy. Using an API is just a method for utilising part of
another work. It may or may not be a derivative. This is just a
variation on the 'linker' noise.

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