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Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs
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Rui Miguel Seabra |
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Re: Use of GPL'd code with proprietary programs |
Date: |
Sun, 18 Jul 2004 11:01:26 +0100 |
On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 06:41 +0000, wrote:
> Rui Miguel Seabra <rms@1407.org> wrote:
>
> > What is relevant is:
> > Is the new work the same without including the file?
> > Is it 100% the same? I bet the compiler would say it isn't...
>
> > So it is a derivate work.
>
> This is a much stricter definition than has been applied to any literary
> work. Consider that halfway through my book I write:
>
> To fully understand this discussion you should read Foobar's excellent
> manuscript titled "Bazzing the Floodle" which provides background.
>
> I do not need permission from Foobar's publisher to include such a reference,
> it falls well within the grounds of fair use.
>
> Not too many things in copyright law depend on the "100% the same" metric.
Of course not. But not having that phrase there doesn't make the book
utterly unreadeable (or in the case of software, not even compilable).
Rui
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