On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 06:50:15PM -0500, Tom Metro wrote:
> Derek Martin wrote:
> > Recall that in the case of SCO vs. Novell, it was ruled that using a
> > library's API is not infringing (i.e. it is not derivative)... So
> > any independent extension which uses none of their code other than
> >
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 06:04:30PM -0500, MBR wrote:
> Just a couple of comments.
>
> On 12/30/2012 12:25 PM, Derek Martin wrote:
> > The Drupal people are wrong, and this is the nature of their
> > mistake.
> I never said anything about what interpretation others in the Drupal
> community put on
Derek Martin wrote:
> Recall that in the case of SCO vs. Novell, it was ruled that using a
> library's API is not infringing (i.e. it is not derivative)... So
> any independent extension which uses none of their code other than
> the names of functions in their API is not a derivative work.
Don't
Just a couple of comments.
On 12/30/2012 12:25 PM, Derek Martin wrote:
The Drupal
people are wrong, and this is the nature of their mistake.
I never said anything about what interpretation others in the Drupal
community put on this. I was giving my own interpretation based on my
best understa
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 02:24:57PM +, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote:
> To further the "you need a lawyer" with "you don't need a lawyer,"
> you gotta ask yourself, in the event of somebody pressing charges
> against you, *who* would press the charges?
No one is pressing charges. =8^) That is
The usual IANAL applies... But I've grown to dislike that disclaimer
because even a lawyer can't definitively answer your question. It
takes a judge (or possibly even a jury) in a courtroom, and two
different cases can decide differently based on the same language,
even once such a decision has be
> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of MBR
>
> In traditional compiled code, linking object files together to form a
> single executable made them part of the same work, and if any object
> file was compiled from GPL'd s
A question came up on another mailing list dealing with Drupal and PHP
that raised questions in my mind about the GPL. discuss@blu.org seemed
more likely to have members knowledgeable about GPL issues, so I'm
asking my questions here.
I thought I understood the GPL until I read a posting aski
