Walter Landry writes: > Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Under copyright law, collective works include those that the GPL > > refers to as "mere aggregation." How do you propose we distinguish > > between what the GPL considers mere aggregation and others? > > When one work requires the other in order to function, then you have > gotten past mere aggregation. So Emacs is not required for Kaffe to > work, or vice versa. Putting them on the same medium is mere > aggregation.
The entire linux-x86 version of Debian requires the Linux kernel in order to function. Would you care to restate your criterion, or do you think we violate the GPL by distributing non-GPLed packages? Michael Poole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
