* Bruce Perens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Copyright law spells out a number of rights, including use and creation > of derived works. GPL attempts to restrict the creation of derived works > and contends that linking creates a derived work. This position is not a > use restriction, but may not be enforcible in court - we need more cases > to know for sure. Other licenses, like Larry's latest effort, do this > with something that is more clearly enforcible but rely on a use > restriction.
Can you explain to me (and the list) what the definition of a 'use restriction' is? Dave ---------------- Have a happy GNU millennium! ---------------------- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM, SPARC and HP-PA | In Hex / \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/ -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
