Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Daniel Schepler: > >> And since dynamic linking is done at the time the program is run, >> this would appear to me to be what applies. In particular, it >> appears to me that you could satisfy the GPL and still dynamically >> link against a non-free library, and distribute both, by invoking >> the "mere aggregation" clause of section 2. > > As a countermeasure, the FSF tries to extend copyright to interfaces, > so that you do create a derivative work merely by programming to a > specific interface of a library written by someone else, without > copying their code. I'm not sure if this is such a bright idea.
Interface copyright attempts to prohibit making a second implementation of the same interface. That is not what is going on here. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
