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Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs
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Alexander Terekhov |
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Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs |
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Mon, 05 Jul 2004 16:19:46 +0200 |
Haakon Riiser wrote:
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> If this is correct, I don't understand the point of the LGPL.
It's a bluff.
Copyright protects software as literary works (modulo AFC test). Things
like "in order to operate"/"shared memory"/"whole program" are entirely
irrelevant. Copyright law doesn't establish exclusive right to "combine"
works. Neither static nor dynamic linking constitute creation of a
derivative work. FSF's idiotic theory*** of derivative works is total
crap.
regards,
alexander.
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