Hyman Rosen <[email protected]> writes: > Alexander Terekhov wrote: >> Aren't you contradicting yourself, Hyman? > > No, not at all. When the code in question consists of modified GPLed > code, one must abide by the wishes of the copyright holders insofar as > demanded by copyright law. When the code in question is new and does > not incorporate GPLed code but just interoperates with it, there is no > need to consult with the copyright holders of the GPLed code.
With regard to the GPL, you are often in the situation that some party licensing its code (more or less willingly) under the GPL is quite separate from the party drafting the GPL, and again from the courts interpreting it. So the wishes of the copyright holder simply cannot be guessed from the license text itself, the wishes might disagree with both word and intent of the license, and the _wishful_ thinking of the licensor might still be different. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
