On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 09:14:55PM -0500, Andreas Pour wrote:
> Right, but for the analysis to be complete you must include the
> definition of what the complete source code is. This is provided in the
> second sentence of the ultimate para. in Section 3, which provides
>
> For an executable work, complete source code means all the source
> code for all modules it *contains*, plus any associated interface
> definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and
> installation of the executable.
>
> The key part being the reference to "all modules it *contains*", rather
> than all modules which may at run-time be linked to it. To substantiate
> the point, I again refer to my Webster's New Universal Unabridged
> Dictionary (2d ed. 1983) and look-up "contain", quoting the relevant
> definitions:
If I may pick a nit:
For an executable work, complete source code means all the source
code for all modules it contains, *plus any associated interface
definition files*, plus the scripts used to control compilation and
installation of the executable.
So a "dummy library" would indeed fill this requirement. However such a
dummy library would be an open admission there's a problem. As such, I
suspect we'll never see one.
This overglorified legal language pissing contest has gone on long enough.
Everybody arguing at this point is pretty much repeating themselves.
Right or wrong, the others arguing back are no longer listening if ever
they were. And at any rate, it seems this list's audience is much smaller
than it was. Due to misconfiguration or whatever else I cannot say--I've
had people tell me they're on this list (kde-licensing) and have still not
seen this thread appear there.
Specifically representatives from Troll Tech are not present to my
knowledge. In other words, you're all arguing syntactics and semantics
for your own benefits, rather than the benefit of KDE, Debian, Troll Tech,
or the Free Software community.
Give it a rest people. This issue is not going to be resolved here in
this forum. You're all wasting your breath on all sides and only adding
fuel to the fires. Keep it up and someone is going to burn down the
forest.
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