Re: using GPL api to be used in a properietary software

[Martin Dickopp]

Stefaan A Eeckels <tengo@DELETEMEecc.lu> writes:

> It is also quite clear to anyone reading the American (USA) copyright
> statutes that requiring a library, or anything, to run is _not_ a
> criterion for a derivative work.

It is not clear to me at all.

> I further believe that pretending this is the case opens a can of
> worms better left shut. I'd like your opinion on that, BTW.

My opinion on both US and EU copyright law is that they have opened a
lot of cans. The worms are all over the place already.

Martin