On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Aryeh Gregor <[email protected]> wrote: > Linking has no special status in the GPL -- it's just a question of > what legally constitutes a derivative work. If a C program that > dynamically links to a library is legally a derivative work of that > library,
It isn't. A C program which *contains* a library is legally a derivative work of that library. > a PHP program that dynamically calls functions from another > PHP program is almost surely a derivative work too. The decision > would be made by a judge, who wouldn't have the faintest idea of the > technical details and therefore would only care about the general > effect. Galoob v. Nintendo: "the infringing work must incorporate a portion of the copyrighted work in some form." _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
