Dalibor Topic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > >> I'm not talking about running; I'm talking about making a copy of >> Eclipse and a copy of Kaffe and putting them both on an end-user's >> system such that when I type "eclipse" I get a program made out of >> both. > > You don't get a program made out of both any more than you get a > program made out of less (GPL) and eclipse (CPL) by typing > > less eclipse
Right. That's using the less program with some data, that happens to be eclipse. > That doesn't make eclipse a derived work of less. I'm not talking about a derived work; I'm talking about a copy of a GPL'd work combined with a copy of a GPL-incompatible work. > As I was politely asked to educate people not getting what a derived > work is, let me use a nice, graphical analogy. A lot of talk about > software licensing is crap, so I hope you don't mind me using terms > everyone, I believe, is familar with. This isn't about the concept of derivative works; this is about copies and the grant of permission to copy in GPL 2b. -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]