Re: Plugins, libraries, licenses and Debian

[Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <edmundo@rano.org>]

Måns Rullgård <mru@kth.se>:

> I know that is how law works.  I just find it strange, that the GPL is
> so explicit on this point, and yet doesn't bother to clarify at all
> what a "derived work" might be, just to take an example.

I suppose the idea is to have the GPL apply as broadly as possible.
Anyone who wants a clarification of "derived work" that is valid for
their position in the space-time continuum should visit a law library.