MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2004-02-02 20:11:45 +0000 paul cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I understood that the FSF's >> opinion >> on this is not universal. That is, it is not an irrational view that >> dynamically linking to a library is only _using_ that library, not >> creating a derived work from it. > > Some works with copyright held by FSF are affected by this, so their > published opinion probably would count.
The copyright owner does not have the right to dictate rules contradicting copyright law. Not even if he believes copyright law is immoral. > However, if there is a good reason why the result of a compile that > included a file from a work, which appears only in that work because > it is an extension unique to that work, is not derived from that work, > I'm interested to read it. You seem to be forgetting that dynamic linking doesn't include any files. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED]
