Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So the reason why they need a licence exemption isn't that > their frontend is derivative of lib-apt, but rather that the copyright > on lib-apt would require the `whole work' - ie, all the things which > are bound together at runtime - to be licensed under the GPL.
The only way the copyright on lib-apt could become an issue at all is if there is something that is derivate of lib-abt. "derivitate" is the magic word that makes the copyright holder have anything to say. -- Henning Makholm
