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Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL?


From: David Kastrup
Subject: Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL?
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 13:28:06 +0200
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Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:

> David Kastrup wrote:
>> 
>> Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
>> 
>> > I don't care what you say. Thanks to Wallace, the GPL drafter is on
>> > record: <quote> In fact, the GPL itself rejects any automatic
>> > aggregation of software copyrights under the GPL simply because one
>> > program licensed under the GPL is distributed together with another
>> > program
>> 
>> "together with" does not describe the relationship of Siamese twins.
>
> And what's the relevance of that remark? Under Berne Convention 
> software is protected as literary works. The mechanism of linking 
> is irrelevant.

Except that it isn't because you don't link unrelated pieces of
software (well, you can, but that is just aggregating them in one
library).  They have to interface.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum


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