Re: Corel's apt frontend
Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
> So the reason why they need a licence exemption isn't that
> their frontend is derivative of lib-apt, but rather that the copyright
> on lib-apt would require the `whole work' - ie, all the things which
> are bound together at runtime - to be licensed under the GPL.
The only way the copyright on lib-apt could become an issue at all
is if there is something that is derivate of lib-abt.
"derivitate" is the magic word that makes the copyright holder have
anything to say.
--
Henning Makholm
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