On Saturday 26 October 2002 11:14 am, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > > There is some contention regarding whether linking creates a derived > > work, and exactly one court case on the topic that isn't definitive. > > So to allow someone to distribute a statically linked version of > something linked with a library; I should probably give them rights to > make a derivative work; but also would need to give them rights to > grant use licenses on the derivative?
The library is distributed along with the software in such a case, so that conditions governing distribution and copying apply. Derivation doesn't need to enter into the equation. -- David Johnson ___________________ http://www.usermode.org pgp public key on website -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
