Re: FRR package in Debian violates the GPL licence
Paul Jakma <paul@jakma.org> writes:
> On Wed, 20 Mar 2019, Ole Streicher wrote:
>> #include <log.h>
>> int main(void) { zlog_rotate(); return 0; }
>>
>> is not an adaption of any GPL code. It is fully written by my
>> own.
>
> It is written by you, and you have copyright in it (in some way, I
> have the vague idea there can be complex legal details in that).
>
> However, assuming this "zlog_rotate" function is non-trivial and a
> copyrightable work, then the holder of the copyright in "zlog_rotate"
> /also/ has copyright in your work. For your work is based upon the
> "zlog_rotate" work - it /is/ an adaptation of it.
This work is completely based on my own, there is no intellectual
property of someone else in my source code.
Only the compilation step incorporates other code (via the #include
statement, and, when linked, the library), but this does affect only the
object and executable files.
>> Otherwise you must point to a certain code file and prove that it
>> contains code which is a modified copy of an GPLed file. Which you
>> not did yet.
>
> I have given examples of files where the legal advice is that they are
> derived works of the GPL code.
To comply with section 2, they must be "modified copies". So, please
show the files, the original files, and the modification.
Best
Ole
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