> Joe Wreschnig wrote: > > For someone to claim that data compiled into a program but not executed > > is "mere aggregation" is nonsense. Is a program that prints the source > > code to GNU ls (stored as a string constant in the program, not an > > external file) a derivative of GNU ls? Of course it is. This is > > *exactly* analogous to the situation with firmware.
On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 01:48:08AM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > Could you please explain how exactly the derivation works in this case? > And please bring forward some more convincing arguments than "this is > nonsense", "this is obvious", or some broken analogy. It's a compilation work. [Some people might think that "compilation" and "aggregation" are the same thing -- but the GPL goes to great lengths to specify that it does apply where the compilation is a program and not where the compilation is not a program.] -- Raul
