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Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++ |
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Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:39:45 +0100 |
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Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:
> On 2/2/2010 4:00 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> Well, that is heresy. Official position is that dynamic linking
>> creates a derivative work. Hence the OpenSSL problem.
>
> The FSF does not get to decide what copyright law includes.
The FSF gets to decide when to sue somebody over an assumed breach of
their copyright.
> Their official position might matter to help interpret what the GPL
> means, but it cannot affect whether it applies.
The GPL is a license. It is the sole privilege of the licensor to set
the rules when the license applies. It is not the privilege of the
licensor to set the rules when _copyright_ applies.
--
David Kastrup
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, (continued)
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alan Mackenzie, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Florian Weimer, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/02
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, David Kastrup, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, David Kastrup, 2010/02/03
- Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/03