Stefaan A Eeckels wrote: [...] > You see, there's no mention of POSIX or "being needed to make > the program work". I think one can reasonably say that a statically > linked executable is covered by "any other form in which a work > may be recast, transformed or adapted" as far as its components > are concerned.
Bzzt. According to the FSF, "static linking creates a derivative work through textual copying". By that silly logic, even if you have permission to reproduce something, you just can't prepare compilations (hint: newspapers, catalogs, etc.) unless you also have permission to prepare derivative works. regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
