Re: IBM doesn't like the GPL

[Alexander Terekhov]

Hyman Rosen wrote:
> 
> Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > What you want to do is chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaange a mere aggregation (for
> > the purpose of execution/running the code) into a derivative work.
> 
> No. The linked executable incorporating GPLed libraries is not a
> derivative work of those libraries as understood by copyright law,
> because there is no transformative significant work of authorship
> upon the GPLed code. As for mere aggregation, GPLv2 says:
> 
>      <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
>      In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the
>      Program with the Program (or with a work based on the Program)
>      on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring
>      the other work under the scope of this License.
> 
> A statically linked executable program containing GPLed code with
> other code is not a mere aggregation; it is a purposeful creation
> of a combined work, and to copy and distribute such a work requires

The term "combined work" is not used in
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html> so what are you
blathering about, Hyman?

regards,
alexander.

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