>>>>> "Martin" == Martin v Löwis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> BTW. The argument that the readline module should be GPL
>> licensed seems rather stronger, it's designed to work with a
>> GPL-ed library and doesn't work with a BSD licensed work-alike
>> of that library.
Martin> This is the question what constitutes derivative work, and
Martin> different lawyers have said different things in the
Martin> past. If we really want to find out, we should ask a
Martin> lawyer.
You also need to ask about the cost of defending against a lawsuit by
the FSF, which is both the copyright holder of the library and the
primary advocate of the interpretation that a work which is intended
to be linked with another work is a derivative. I think the FSF
pretty much would have to fight any claims that contest its
interpretation of the concept of "derived work", because any
interpretation that requires a direct source-to-source copy will make
the GPL irrelevant.
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