On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 09:40:29AM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > since a given software can either be a modification of the original software > > (which can replace it) or link with the original or modified software (and > > thus use it). > > One last attempt: > > I create a program P that consists of an executable X linked with a > library L. X links with L, but P is a modification of L, albeit a > modification that was made by adding material to L.
Ok, in this case, you can either distribute it together in the L tarball, and it is a modification, or you can distribute it separatedly, and in this case it is a work linked with the software. In any case, if you consider it as a modification, you have to provide a patch for it, and if you make binaries, they have to be QPLed. If you provide it separatedly, you can chose a more liberal free licence, but you must honor the upstream request covered by 6c. > If the word "modify" excludes modifications made by adding stuff then > I suspect that quite a lot of licences will need reexamination. Well, my interpretation of "application programs, reusable components and other software items that link with the original or modified versions of the Software" is that this applies to third party items, which are not part of the original modified work. Friendly, Sven Luther
