Re: Question About GNU General Public License

[Alexander Terekhov]

David Kastrup wrote:
[...]
> Linking, whether static or dynamic, changes the program 

It doesn't change the program. 

> and can't be undone.  

It can be undone.

> In contrast to calling dlopen, which can be undone with dlclose.

If you have a map you can "undo" static linking. Lack of map
(no one simply needs it but it can reside in the executable
just like the debug stuff) doesn't make it "derivative work".

regards,
alexander.