[Note: I don't know enough about Eclipse and Kaffe to make any comments on that specific issue. Instead, I'm responding to some of the things Michael has written.]
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 11:41:08PM -0800, Michael K. Edwards wrote: > You know, just because the FSF has claimed for many years that linking > forms a derivative work doesn't make it true. Of course not. It's laws and precedents -- particularly those grouped under the principle which is termed "contributory infringement" which makes it true. Fundamentally: the law isn't concerned with the precise details used to create and distribute a copy. It's more concerned with the existence of those copies and with assigning responsibility for their existence. > Put aside the FSF's entrenched position for a moment. Consider a > magazine article which contains newly coined words that are defined in > a sidebar written by a separate author. I believe the relevant aspects of this issue are adequately addressed in the GPL under the heading "mere aggregation". > Needless to say, most people in the free software world take the FSF's > claims at face value -- hey, their General Counsel is a law professor > at Columbia! Ad hominem, and irrelevant. -- Raul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
