On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 08:04:40AM -0400, Michael Poole wrote: > Andrew Suffield writes: > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 02:42:35PM -0300, Humberto Massa Guimar?es wrote: > >> Static linking can *not* create a derived work, because it is an > >> automatic process. Poster case: is hello, generated from hello.c: > >> > >> #include <stdio.h> > >> int main(int argc, char** argv) { > >> printf("Hello\n"); > >> return 0; > >> } > >> > >> a derivative work of something it's (statically) linked to? > >> The answer is no, because derivative works, as intelligent > >> transformations, can only appear when you *create* a work. > > > > This is a FAQ, or more precisely something that people frequently get > > wrong. The derivative work was created when you wrote the source code > > that needs to be statically linked. Myopically staring at the build > > process does nothing to change this. > > Comparison to > Grokster et al doesn't hold
Obviously you didn't read the mail you were replying to. Can't see any point in writing more. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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