Re: Bug#570621: Parsing output = derivative work?

2011-03-09 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 09 mars 2011 à 11:27 +, Noel David Torres Taño a écrit : > > Miriam Ruiz wrote: > > In general, I do agree with Miriam that parsing the output of another > > program does not make a derivative work. But just to give an example > > of where it does happen, git is largely comprised

Re: Bug#570621: Parsing output = derivative work?

2011-03-09 Thread Noel David Torres Taño
> Miriam Ruiz wrote: > > In general, I wouldn't consider parsing the output of another > > program to de a derivative work. > > In general, I do agree with Miriam that parsing the output of another > program does not make a derivative work. But just to give an example > of where it does happen,

Re: Bug#570621: Parsing output = derivative work?

2011-03-09 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 09:23:22AM -0800, Walter Landry wrote: > Miriam Ruiz wrote: > > In general, I wouldn't consider parsing the output of another > > program to de a derivative work. > > In general, I do agree with Miriam that parsing the output of another > program does not make a derivative

Re: Bug#570621: Parsing output = derivative work?

2011-03-08 Thread Walter Landry
Miriam Ruiz wrote: > In general, I wouldn't consider parsing the output of another > program to de a derivative work. In general, I do agree with Miriam that parsing the output of another program does not make a derivative work. But just to give an example of where it does happen, git is largely

Re: Bug#570621: Parsing output = derivative work?

2011-03-08 Thread Ken Arromdee
The distinction between a derivative work and a separate work is not based on technology but on functionality. Parsing the output of a program doesn’t make a derivative work. However, if this parsing is vital for the operation of the application and makes it useless without that program, what is

Re: Bug#570621: Parsing output = derivative work?

2011-03-08 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mardi 08 mars 2011 à 07:30 -0800, Ken Arromdee a écrit : > >> Parsing the output of a program doesn’t make a derivative work. However, > >> if this parsing is vital for the operation of the application and makes > >> it useless without that program, what is the difference with dynamic > >> link

Re: Bug#570621: Parsing output = derivative work?

2011-03-08 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2011/3/8 Mahyuddin Susanto : >> Parsing the output of a program doesn’t make a derivative work. However, >> if this parsing is vital for the operation of the application and makes >> it useless without that program, what is the difference with dynamic >> linking to a library? To a programmer, there

Re: Bug#570621: Parsing output = derivative work?

2011-03-08 Thread Mahyuddin Susanto
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 03/06/2011 11:51 PM, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le dimanche 06 mars 2011 à 12:04 +0100, W. Martin Borgert a écrit : >> (out of curiosity moved to debian-legal) >> >> On 2011-03-05 23:46, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: >>> gnetworktester seems to pars