Hyman Rosen wrote: > > Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > What you want to do is chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaange a mere aggregation (for > > the purpose of execution/running the code) into a derivative work. > > No. The linked executable incorporating GPLed libraries is not a > derivative work of those libraries as understood by copyright law, > because there is no transformative significant work of authorship > upon the GPLed code. As for mere aggregation, GPLv2 says: > > <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html> > In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the > Program with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) > on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring > the other work under the scope of this License. > > A statically linked executable program containing GPLed code with > other code is not a mere aggregation; it is a purposeful creation > of a combined work, and to copy and distribute such a work requires
The term "combined work" is not used in <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html> so what are you blathering about, Hyman? regards, alexander. -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
