Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++

[Hyman Rosen]

On 2/4/2010 6:24 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> Neither paperback nor hardcover is a modified version of a book

To modify something means to change it. A changed
shape is a modification.

> The work is the same but markets are different. Hardcover-vs-paperpack
> is a "specific field of endeavor"/scope-of-use limitation.

It is not. Field-of-endeavor limitations restrict the
purpose to which a work is put, not the form the work
takes. An example of such a limit would be to disallow
code from operating submarines and cheese graters.

Your grasp of normal English usage is alarmingly bad.