Re: GPL and command-line libraries

2004-11-27 Thread Lewis Jardine
Anthony DeRobertis wrote: Nathanael Nerode wrote: (The FSF's statements that linking with a library creates a derviative work of the library confuse people; it may help to remember that this only applies to the *binary image* created by the linkage, which contains elements of the library, not

Re: GPL and command-line libraries

2004-11-27 Thread Måns Rullgård
Lewis Jardine [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anthony DeRobertis wrote: Nathanael Nerode wrote: (The FSF's statements that linking with a library creates a derviative work of the library confuse people; it may help to remember that this only applies to the *binary image* created by the linkage,

Re: GPL and command-line libraries

2004-11-27 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
Måns Rullgård wrote: Lewis Jardine [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is the correct term for a work that combines two other works, created without creative input? An anthology, or a compilation, I think. From Title 17, Sec 101: A ''collective work'' is a work, such as a periodical

Re: GPL and command-line libraries

2004-11-27 Thread Wesley W. Terpstra
I am concerned there might have been some confusion about terms here. Code here can mean three things: source code -- my copyrighted implementation of an: error correcting code -- an algorithm I developed which operates on: encoded data -- the data being transmitted in a

Re: GPL and command-line libraries

2004-11-27 Thread Raul Miller
On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 11:07:02AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: If it isn't creative, it isn't a work under copyright law. See, e.g., Fesit v. Rural Telephone Service, holdings (a) and (b). http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=casecourt=USvol=499invol=340 A problem

Re: GPL and command-line libraries

2004-11-27 Thread Måns Rullgård
Anthony DeRobertis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Måns Rullgård wrote: Lewis Jardine [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is the correct term for a work that combines two other works, created without creative input? An anthology, or a compilation, I think. From Title 17, Sec 101: A

Re: GPL and command-line libraries

2004-11-27 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 05:20:46PM +0100, Wesley W. Terpstra wrote: What is a binary image? I think it makes most sense that it includes the entire shipped product---both my executable and it's dependent: his. Whether the library and binary form a single file seems irrelevant. Otherwise,

Re: GPL and command-line libraries

2004-11-27 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Wesley W. Terpstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] If your library has a well-specified API, anyone could make a library with the same API, and his client could use that. I am perfectly fine with this. If he uses someone else's source code to implement my API, so be it. Of course, that new