Re: The worst that can happen to GPLed code

[Alexander Terekhov]

Lee Hollaar wrote:
[...]
> [static linking] but the same is not true for dynamic linking
> (no compilation is formed until after the distribution).
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Red Hat, Inc. disagrees. 

http://www.redhat.com/licenses/advancedservereula.html

"Red Hat Linux itself is a collective work under U.S. Copyright Law."

(the term ''compilation'' includes collective works)

Note that "Red Hat Linux" is full of works NOT under the GPL.

regards,
alexander.