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> Or worse, anything that patches a Windows DLL is a derivative work of that dll? Isn't this the current status quo? How can a patched DLL be anything but a de

> Or worse, anything that patches a Windows DLL is a derivative work of that dll? Isn't this the current status quo? How can a patched DLL be anything but a derivative work?

wolf550e 11y ago
A patched DLL is a derivative work. But is the patch itself a derivative work?
- Karunamon 11y ago
  Not sure what the difference in this case would be - VMWare is doing the equivalent of distributing the patched DLL.