Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario

From: Rik van Riel
Date: Wed Dec 07 2005 - 09:25:50 EST


On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Michael Poole wrote:

> Most likely people bring up the "derivative works" issue because
> that's what the GPL says it affects. The FSF contends that linking
> creates a derivative work, but is curiously quiet when people ask for
> statutory or case law to support that claim.

For statically linked programs this is quite easy to find.

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