* Alexander Terekhov: > On 11/25/05, Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] >> "PHP scripts are derivative works of PHP" sounds like someone misinterpreted >> the FSF's claims, and ended up believing that the source of a program is a >> derivative work of its libraries. (That, unlike the FSF's claims, seems > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Unlike? > > http://web.novalis.org/talks/compliance-for-developers/slide-49.html > > "Still a derivative work: > > * Distributing the source code of software which links to a library" when that library is the only software to provide that interface
Still a bit bizarre, and I would prefer if the FSF didn't enforce their copyright along these lines. Basically, this is an ex-cathedra position back from the old days when people thought that the most important piece of GNU software was GNU readline. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
