Alexander Terekhov wrote:
The law makes it clear that the GPL can’t affect the licenses to
> those preexisting component parts. Again, linking doesn’t matter.
This is false, for static linking. The exclusive right to authorize the copying of of a component into a linked program rests with the copyright holder. Therefore, to copy and distribute such a linked work requires permission from the copyright holder of each component, and the GPL requires that the work as a whole be distributed under the GPL. The author of a literary text may separately authorize its publication in hardcover or in paperback, in standalone form or as part of an anthology. In no case does one sort of permission automatically extend to another. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
