Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If you think that is a creation of a derivative work (and thus violates > the GPL), then I have a much bigger GPL violation for you to worry > about. It's with an interpreter known as "bash".
Another example is the Linux kernel and GPL-incompatible programs that use kernel services. This is mentioned in /usr/src/linux/COPYING: NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work". (What does it mean by "normal system calls"? I assume it means system calls of an ordinary, released kernel, as opposed to ones that have been added specially to support some GPL-incompatible program. However, it could mean standard Unix system calls, as opposed to functions that are specific to Linux.) > [ Sorry for being so sarcastic in the last paragraph. But we really need > to decide when program A benefiting from features of program B creates > a derivative work, if ever. ] It's a difficult problem. Edmund
