Barry Margolin wrote: [...] > OK, so why are you inventing new issues, rather than addressing the > topic of the thread? The OP said "a derivative work combined from > software licensed under the Apache Software Licence 2.0 and software > licensed under the GNU GPL 2.0". This sounds to me like he's using > pieces of source code, not combining executables.
Because just like with combined executable, copying source code doesn't create a derivative work. If anything, it creates a compilation. When you print two short stories on the same sheet of paper (or PDF), you're not creating a derivative work. And the same goes when you put several pieces of source code under different licenses in one file. Think tarball. > > > > > > I'm talking about copying parts of the > > > source code of program A into a copy of program B, to create a new > > > program C. > > > > You're talking nonsense. Or, if you like, you're talking marketing. > > I'm talking about what programmers do when they copy source code to > create a new program. Yeah, "new program"? That "new program" is nothing but a compilation (as in copyright law) of multiple computer program works. > > It sounds like you're assuming that he's linking a program with a > library. I'm not sure how you got that from what he wrote. See above. regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss