The System Library exception isn't even needed. The key word in what you've quoted is "linking". If you aren't linking, then you aren't creating a combined deri

The System Library exception isn't even needed. The key word in what you've quoted is "linking". If you aren't linking, then you aren't creating a combined derivative work at all. Linking in this context refers to a very specific thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linker_(computing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linker_(computing)