On 6/25/2011 11:32 AM, Cédric Krier wrote:
All is about derivative work and not about the technical details. Here is a text that explains how it is not logical and even absurd to define derivative work based on technical point of view (especially the plugin and object parts).http://www.law.washington.edu/lta/swp/law/derivative.html
Thanks, good read. This sentence in the conclusion does stand out somewhat: "the drafters of the GPL urge a generally expansive definition of derivative work." This isn't likely a surprise to anyone.
I don't yet know much about Tryton, but to me it looks like a library and calls itself a framework which arguably isn't much different from a library. I guess I was really wondering if the authors of Tryton were using an interpretation of GPL that treated it like a library, where others could freely link to it or makes calls to it without becoming a derivative work. (Obviously any changes to the Tryton code itself would have to be published.)
Thanks, Michael -- [email protected] mailing list
