on 17/10/01 2:34 pm, Angelo Schneider at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In Germany dynamic linking is: "derived work". > Its up to your lisence if you allow it. > > Inheritance is NOT, NOWHERE, NEVER a "derived work". > > However incorporating the derived class plus the base class into a piece > of software makes that software a derived work, not the derived class. > (Because the base class is included)
If dynamic or static linking create a derived work but subclassing per se doesn't, I can't see many cases where being able to use a subclass wouldn't create a derived work given your definition. It sounds like inheritance is OK but use of inherited code isn't. A bit like the UK's laws on owning cannabis seed. :-) - Rob -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
