Alexander wrote
John Cowan wrote:
[...]
computer scientist (HINAL)
http://www.digital-law-online.com/lpdi1.0/treatise2.html
[...]
Added material is not itself a derivative work of the GPL'd
thing, obviously. A binary, however, which combines them into
a single object, probably
John Cowan wrote:
[...]
You can't compare property in physical things directly to its
copyright. If you replace the car by a detailed description of
it (#1), and incorporate into that a detailed description of the
gas pedal (#2) that has already been written, then #1 is indeed
a
John Cowan wrote:
[...]
computer scientist (HINAL)
http://www.digital-law-online.com/lpdi1.0/treatise2.html
[...]
Added material is not itself a derivative work of the GPL'd
thing, obviously. A binary, however, which combines them into
a single object, probably is.
I don't think so. I
I just noticed that the Supreme Court denied cert in the case.
: An interesting case to watch is Liu v. PriceWaterHouse, wherein you might
: say the agreement at issue, if validly enforced, is viral as to the
: third-party Chinese programmers in a similar way that the GPL might be.
:
:
: See,
I sense there are two senses to this word viral. I'm really
interested in this so I'll appreciate any input. One sense is the GPL is
viral because it spreads itself over derivatives i.e. forces derivatives
to be distributed under GPL (if distributed at all, that is subsumed).*
Is there
amado.alves wrote:
I sense there are two senses to this word viral. I'm really
interested in this so I'll appreciate any input. One sense is the GPL is
viral because it spreads itself over derivatives i.e. forces derivatives
to be distributed under GPL (if distributed at all, that is
terms; we're all scared of viruses. /Larry
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...The GPL license is not viral
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 01:44:48AM -, amado.alves wrote:
...The GPL license is not viral...
I sense there are two senses to this word viral. I'm really
interested in this so I'll appreciate any input. One sense is the GPL is
viral because it spreads itself over derivatives i.e. forces
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