nicolas vigier wrote:
[...]
> I think that if you make it clear that your software and the pdf viewer
> are separate programs, then there is no problem, there is no chance
> that your software can be considered a derivative work of the pdf viewer.
Think of an OS (execution environment) without process boundaries.
Consider also (regarding word "program"):
(Programming Terms according to IBM)
Application program
A collection of one or more programs cooperating to achieve
particular objectives, such as inventory control or payroll.
Environment
In Language Environment, normally a reference to the run-time
environment of HLLs at the enclave level.
Language Environment Terms and Their HLL Equivalents:
Routine
In Language Environment, refers to either a procedure,
function, or subroutine.
Equivalent HLL terms: COBOL--program; C/C++--function;
PL/I--procedure, BEGIN block.
Enclave
The enclave defines the scope of HLL semantics. In Language
Environment, a collection of routines, one of which is named
as the main routine. The enclave contains at least one thread.
Equivalent HLL terms: COBOL--run unit, C/C++--program,
consisting of a main C function and its subfunctions,
PL/I--main procedure and its subroutines, and
Fortran--program and its subroutines.
Process
The highest level of the Language Environment program
management model. A process is a collection of resources,
both program code and data, and consists of at least one
enclave.
Thread
An execution construct that consists of synchronous
invocations and terminations of routines. The thread is
the basic run-time path within the Language Environment
program management model, and is dispatched by the system
with its own run-time stack, instruction counter, and
registers. Threads may exist concurrently with other
threads.
regards,
alexander.
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