Re: GPL, yet again. (The kernel is a lot like a shared library)
On Thursday 08 September 2005 10:47 am, Humberto Mass Guimarães wrote:
> > Seems to me those signs all point to the idea the the mere
> > linking against a
> > dynamically linked library does not constitute a copyrighted work.
>
> s/copyrighted/derivative/ ??
Good save!!!! The linked work is still eligible for copyright... provided it
meets all the standards of authorship. You're little regex, by the way, is
an excellent example of a "program" that is not eligible.
-Sean
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