At 2007-02-23 16:26:30 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > some forms of interaction are probably not derivative, others (such as > static linking) certainly are
BTW, I don't see why static linking "certainly" makes a derivative work. Surely that must be, again, a question of fact, to be decided based on copyright law and the nature of what is being linked to what? For example, if I write a program that calculates pi and uses printf to report the result, and I statically link it against glibc (for printf), it seems ridiculous to claim that my work is a derivative of glibc. The FSF may want to claim it, but since the GPL defers to copyright law in defining what constitutes a derived work, as you said, their opinion doesn't matter. -- ams
