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Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL? |
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Sat, 13 May 2006 13:29:27 +0200 |
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Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
> Merijn de Weerd wrote:
> [...]
>> What the GPL says in section 2 is that if you combine your own
>> work with the GPL work, the GPL applies to the whole. That's
>> logical: such a combination is a derivative work. This paragraph
>> of text is my original work. The combination of my paragraphs
>> with the parts of your message that I cited above is a derivative
>> work of your message.
>
> Not at all. It's a compilation.
You are confusing "compilation" in the literary (and legal) and in the
computer sense. A compilation is a collection of independent works
only related by topic. You can throw out parts and retain a
compilation.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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- Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL?, Alexander Terekhov, 2006/05/13
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- Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL?, Merijn de Weerd, 2006/05/13
- Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL?, Alexander Terekhov, 2006/05/13
- Re: Do I have to release the patch for a GPL software under GPL?, Merijn de Weerd, 2006/05/14
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