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Re: GPL traitor !


From: Joerg Schilling
Subject: Re: GPL traitor !
Date: 20 May 2009 20:03:12 GMT

In article <whZQl.39718$0S.17491@newsfe22.iad>,
Hyman Rosen  <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote:
>Joerg Schilling wrote:
>> As said many times before: the automated act of compiling/linking
>> does not create a "larger work" it is just an automated transformation
>> that puts the results from different works into a container. It still
>> remains "mere aggregation".
>
>As said many times before, you are incorrect. The author of the collective
>work chooses the components from which the collective work is assembled,
>and the creation and copying of this collective work requires permission
>from the copyright holders of each component.


So you believe that you know better than Lawyers and Judges?

Creating a "larger work" is a creational act that cannot be done by a "machine" 
like a compiler or linker.

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