Rjack wrote:
The GPL can't set scope-of-use restrictions on distribution of a derivative work "as a whole" because no such exclusive right exists.
That's fine, because it does no such thing. The GPL sets requirements for obtaining authorization to copy and distribute the covered work. Such authorization may be finely divided, as when an author sells paperback and hardcover rights to separate publishers. The GPL does not permit code covered by it to be copied and distributed as part of a combined work unless that work as a whole is distributed under the GPL. The exclusive right that the GPL authorizes is only on how the covered work itself may be copied and distributed when it is part of a combined work. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
