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Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL
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Tim Smith |
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Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL |
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Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:09:35 -0700 |
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In article <mailman.16167.1218272253.18990.gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org>,
"Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org> wrote:
> > But if you use code that is copyrighted, say by linking or
> > otherwise
>
> Writing a plug-in for the GIMP does not do anything prohibited by
> copyright. Even if you include header files and such, that comes
> under "there's just one way to do it", which makes it OK. So you
> don't need permission and you don't need to distribute it under any
> particular license.
>
> If the program depends on the other program in some manner, then yes
> you do.
"Depends on" is does not automatically require copyright permission. If
work X depends on Y, in the sense that X is useless without Y, and X
interfaces at run time to Y and Y's data, that *can* be OK. See, for
example, the various video game cases, where third parties made cheat
add-ons for video games, without permission of the game makers.
The relevant question is whether or not X is a derivative work of Y, not
whether or not it "depends on...in some manner".
--
--Tim Smith
- Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL, (continued)
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- Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL, Tim Smith, 2008/08/02
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- Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL, Tim Smith, 2008/08/03
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- Re: softwarecombinations paper again Re: LGPL vs. GPL, Tim Smith, 2008/08/13
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