On 25/06/11 13:50 -0500, Michael Hipp wrote: > 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.
As I already said, the definition of derivative work can not be defined with a technical point of view. > (Obviously any > changes to the Tryton code itself would have to be published.) It is not mandatory to publish any of your code even if it is in Tryton it-self. -- Cédric Krier B2CK SPRL Rue de Rotterdam, 4 4000 Liège Belgium Tel: +32 472 54 46 59 Email/Jabber: [email protected] Website: http://www.b2ck.com/
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