Re: IBM doesn't like the GPL

[Rjack]

Hyman Rosen wrote:
> Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > The process of static linking DOESN'T CREATE AN ORIGINAL WORK
> > OF AUTHORSHIP (same as with dynamic linking).
>
> You might wish to read the license before you begin shouting. 
> <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> "Derivative Works"
> shall mean any work, whether in Source or Object form, that is
> based on (or derived from) the Work and for which the editorial
> revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications
> represent, as a whole, an original work of authorship.


> A program which links with Apache-licensed code is based on it, 
> and the program as a whole will (generally) represent an original
>  work of authorship.

Hyman, have your ears heard what your mouth has just spoken?