Re: GPL and linking (was: Urgently need GPL compatible libsnmp5-d ev replacement :-()
On 5/9/05, Humberto Massa <humberto.massa@almg.gov.br> wrote:
> Succinctly describing the flaw:
>
> 1. '' a "work based on the Program" means either the Program or any
> derivative work under copyright law '' -- this is a definition. It
> defines what the expression "work based on the Program" means
> throughout the GPL text.
This is part of the definition. You cut it off before the end of the
sentence.
> 2. '' : that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion
> of it, either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into
> another language '' -- this is an attempt to restate (1) above, that
> fails because:
>
> a) "a work containing the Program or a portion of it, either
> verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into
> another language" is not equivalent nor explain nor
> precisely exemplifies what is "the Program or any derivative
> work under copyright law".
>
> This is relevant because
>
> a) there are derivative works of the (original) Program that
> do NOT contain the Program nor verbatim nor with
> modifications nor translated into another language.
At minimum, there must be some modified form of some of
the creative content of the Program in a derivative
work, or it's no a derivative work under copyright law.
But maybe you have some counter example?
> b) there are works that contain the Program, verbatim or
> with modifications and/or translated into another languages
> that are NOT derivative works of the Program.
Copyright law does not restrict those cases, so you do
not need the GPL to grant you license in those cases.
On the other hand, if you did need the GPL to grant you license,
the GPL is granting you permission to make verbatim copies of the
program.
For example.
(I'm snipping arguments which are directed at me, rather than at
these copyright issues.)
Thanks,
--
Raul
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