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There are and continue to be wild disagreements over GPL and what it means. Is linking against a DLL considered a derived work? It depends on who you ask! Stall
by forrestthewoods 13y ago
There are and continue to be wild disagreements over GPL and what it means. Is linking against a DLL considered a derived work? It depends on who you ask! Stallman thinks yes. Others think no.
- thristian 13y agoIsn't that a vagueness in copyright law itself? You could avoid the vagueness by making the GPL stricter and more explicit, but that seems like the direct opposite of 'simplification'.
- Nursie 13y agoIt tends to be considered so by the people that write the GPL'd software. That's why the LGPL exists. If you're looking for a way to use someone's software components against their wishes, and just looking for a legal way of doing so, then you may be right. If you actually want to respect the wishes of the author OTOH...
- dllthomas 13y agoMaking it more something regular people can read and understand would mean more arguments by lawyers (real and wannabe) over how far bits of it can be stretched.