Re: Plugins, libraries, licenses and Debian

2003-12-11 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian T. Sniffen) writes: > > No, that's because the GPL is designed to work well in a variety of > > legal climates, and each different jurisdiction spells out the > > definition of "Derived Work" in its own legal code. > > I did a quick look in Swedish a

Re: Plugins, libraries, licenses and Debian

2003-12-11 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: > Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The FSF recommends the very construct "version 2, or at your option > > any later version" precisely because the default is just GPLv2. > > The GPL FAQ says it is so any new versions will automatically apply to > all software

Re: Plugins, libraries, licenses and Debian

2003-12-11 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Dec 9, 2003, at 13:38, Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: However, what I'm saying is that if you bundle the existing host and the existing plugin into a composite work, you may have created a derivative work. Just like if I put an existing photograph next to an existing text to produce an illustrated

Re: Plugins, libraries, licenses and Debian

2003-12-11 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > On Dec 9, 2003, at 13:38, Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: > >However, what I'm saying is that if you bundle the existing > >host and the existing plugin into a composite work, you may > >have created a derivative work. Just like if I put an existing > >photograph next to an exi

Re: Plugins, libraries, licenses and Debian

2003-12-11 Thread Brian T. Sniffen
Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anthony DeRobertis wrote: >> On Dec 9, 2003, at 13:38, Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: >> >However, what I'm saying is that if you bundle the existing >> >host and the existing plugin into a composite work, you may >> >have created a derivative work. Just l

Re: Plugins, libraries, licenses and Debian

2003-12-11 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:34:28PM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: > Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Måns Rullgård <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> I know that is how law works. I just find it strange, that the GPL is > >> so explicit on this point, and yet doesn't bother to clari

Re: Plugins, libraries, licenses and Debian

2003-12-11 Thread Brian T. Sniffen
Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian T. Sniffen wrote: >> Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Anthony DeRobertis wrote: >> >> A ''compilation'' is a work formed by the collection and >> >> assembling of preexisting materials or of data that are >> >> selected,

Re: Plugins, libraries, licenses and Debian

2003-12-11 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Brian T. Sniffen wrote: > Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > >>A ''compilation'' is a work formed by the collection and > >>assembling of preexisting materials or of data that are > >>selected, coordinated, or arranged in such a way that the >