Angelo Scneider wrote: > As I pointed out allready: linking to an API is not, I repeat: not a > derived work. > "derived work" is a legal term. You can not redefine it in your license. >
I didn't say I agreed with the FSF/RMS interpretation, I just mentioned what I remember it to be. One of the threads here on license discuss was from November 1999, where RMS posted into "Re: Can Java code EVER be GPLd, at all?" and a followup thread. (I seem to recall there were other threads on this topic, which also resulted in him posting, but I do not have URLs.) But you can go back and read the thread. Here is one of the RMS postings, (but do read the thread for important context.) http://www.crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:1225:199911:mjchloghelpieeomgjag -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3