Sean Kellogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 24 August 2005 01:46 pm, Catatonic Porpoise wrote: >> Sean Kellogg wrote: >> >I'm pretty sure it is a PHP-derivative. It relies on all sorts of built >> > in PHP functions to create the finished work. Perhaps... PERHAPS... >> > the code you download for phpbb, on its own, MIGHT be a separate and >> > distinct work, but it's not "phpbb" until it's merged with PHP functions >> > to create the finished, derived work. >> >> I see a little problem with this line of reasoning. It would seem to >> imply that if I post a C program I wrote on my website, in source code >> form, that program is subject to the license of every libc anyone might >> ever compile it with. > > I would think the code you post is just code. You're free to post > your own code as much as you like. However, if I download that code > and use it in conjunction with glibc, then yes, I must abide by the > license chosen by the authors of glibc. But it does raise an > interesting question...
[...] > But if we assume the developers of phpBB actually downloaded PHP, > they agreed to not make derivative software with certain titles. > Going back to the C example you raised... the developer of the C > program must abide by the terms of the libc he or she chose to > develop with. I build my code on a variety of systems, including Linux/glibc, *BSD, Solaris, AIX, MacOSX, etc. Does this mean that my programs are derivatives of all these C libraries/compilers? -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
