Re: GPL is not an EULA
"Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis" <d.ioannidis@nephelae.eu> writes:
> it it possible to comment the following ?
You are presenting what appears to be an extensive quote from somewhere.
Can you provide a URL where we can read this in context?
> Is the "local RPC interaction" use of GPL'ed software not derivative
> work ?
Whether work BAR is, or is not, a derivative work from FOO is a matter
of copyright law. The chosen license can't change that.
The FSF has published explanations of what legal advice they have
received, but the nuances of exactly what constitutes deriving a work
under copyright law is a matter of considerable disagreement.
Especially, as illustrated by the text you quote, corporations try very
hard to find ways they can base their work on code under a copyleft
license, without invoking the copyleft license obliging them to
contribute the work back as free software.
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