> We SHOULD be taking an individual work and analyzing it > for creative content. Not cooking up arbitrary hypotheses > and pretending they mean something
I am going to try taking some hours this weekend and verify one of the programs + libcurl + openssl cases. I'll get back to you next week. > I don't have a specific answer. That depends on the creative content > of X and Y. > > But, in general terms, I'd be looking for creative ideas (ideas first > expressed in Y) which are incorporated into X. For example, if > X will serve as a replacement for Y, that would strongly hint (but > not guarantee) that X is a derivative of Y. One last thing: not even this. Following this reason, the GNUTLS SSL shim would be a derivative work of OpenSSL. And it's not. Remember, the whole argument I'm giving is: 1. the GPL can only restrict the distributions of an original work or its derivatives; and 2. the only way to determine if a work is a derivative work of another is going thru the abstraction/filtration/comparison process. -- HTH Massa -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
