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Re: Termination clauses, was: Choice of venue



On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 11:35:42PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Work that is entirely written by you can still be a derivative of
> another work.  For example, if you write a program that uses GNU
> Readline, that program is a derivative of GNU Readline, even if you
> don't actually distribute GNU Readline with your program.

More clearly (according to my understanding), the resulting binary
is--it pulls in pieces of readline--but the source is not.  (I'm not sure
if this impacts your point, but it's an important distinction.)

-- 
Glenn Maynard



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