On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 14:29 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > the argument is quite strong that the linking of two independent works > is "mere aggregation" as well. (as long as they are truly separate > works)
You think so? If even linking was considered 'mere aggregation on a volume of a storage or distribution medium', then when would the 'But when you distribute those same sections as part of a whole...' bit _ever_ apply? It _explicitly_ talks of sections which are independent and separate works in their own right, but which must be licensed under the GPL when they're distributed as part of a larger whole. I don't see how we could hold the view that _even_ linking is 'mere aggregation on a volume of a storage or distribution medium', without conveniently either ignoring entire paragraphs of the GPL or declaring them to be entirely meaningless. Of course, that doesn't mean that a court _wouldn't_ do that. Given enough money, I'm sure you could get US court to declare that the world is flat. But it doesn't seem to be a reasonable viewpoint, to me. Or a likely outcome. -- dwmw2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/