The entirety of GPL section 2 applies only to works based on the
Program. In context, this applies only to derivative works and
(copyrightable) collections (the GPL says collective works, but this
is obviously a thinko) under copyright law. The combination of Kaffe
and Eclipse is neither of this
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:21:51 -0500, Brian Thomas Sniffen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
So in answer to your direct question: the unlinked binary isn't
derived from any of them. The complete binary, including its
libraries, included whichever one Debian shipped it with.
No, it's not a
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:37:28 -0500, Raul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
It's laws and precedents -- particularly those grouped under the principle
which is termed contributory infringement which makes it true.
What laws and precedents? All the law and precedent that I can find
suggests
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:11:52 +0100, Dalibor Topic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Michael K. Edwards wrote:
[Regarding the compatibility of a GPL JVM with Java code under other
licenses; cross-posted from debian-java to debian-legal]
[cut noise about FSF]
One person's signal is another's noise
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:36:27 -0500, Raul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip things with which I agree completely]
Once again: linking is a detail. It's not something which copyright
law makes any special allowances for. Depending on the circumstances
linking might be analogous to
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:08:19 -0500, Raul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 02:58:38PM -0800, Michael K. Edwards wrote:
Right. But whether it will run isn't a copyright criterion, any more
than whether a work of criticism will make any sense if not read
side-by-side
[Regarding the compatibility of a GPL JVM with Java code under other
licenses; cross-posted from debian-java to debian-legal]
Grzegorz B. Prokopski wrote:
However if nobody stands up and say clearly, that there IS a problem,
that GPL and CPL/APL are NOT compatible, and cannot be linked
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