Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup wrote: > [...] >> Which does not cover _linking_. > > Copyright covers linking only in the GNU Republic.
If one for a moment leaves the area of linking computer programs (where little legal precedence exists since the situation is so clear that copyright offenders tend to prefer settling), we can take a look at the "linking" of web page content which establishes bindings to third-party material without altering it. This has seen quite more court exposure, and the general trend, where litigation went all the way through without settlement, has been rather definitely to consider such "linking" a breach of copyright. The main criterion appears to be that the content is used outside of the intended context for which it has been provided. For libraries that have been provided for the explicitly expressed intent and purpose of linking with GPLed programs, this would appear to be quite the same. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
