> But that _is_ the FSF claim I can't speak for the FSF and I certainly don't always agree with them. > > Suppose you write a piece of software which is split into a collection of > > modules. At what point do I need your permission to dynamically link > > another program against them. > > Never, if you obtained them with the right to use your copy. Ok I should have said "and redistributed" about the bits of my own. > a copyright violation. It would be intriguing to see someone try to > prove otherwise in a case where the library's own license specifies that > there are no usage restrictions. The relevant examples would probably be things like the story of Objective C front ends - never ended up in court and actually was as much about data structures and pipes (gcc backend with proprietary front end). > > It seems to be where many lawyers look to understand the equivalences in > > copyright law where there is caselaw, along with things like record > > compilations. > > But none of those start with the ability of anyone to obtain their > licensed copy freely, so there is no equivalence. You'd have to start I've yet to see anywhere the law distinguishes "obtaining freely" from paying in terms of copyright licences. > with the premise that everyone who could possible be the target of the > claimed derived work's infringing copy already has their own licensed > copy of the original. Not everyone neccessarily has a licensed copy of a GPL work. They may not have received one, they may have chosen not to accept the licence, they may have breached the licence and lost the right to use it. They may even be in a situation where national law of a country prohibits them receiving a copy (eg US to Syria) and national law overrides licence and contract in almost all cases. > It would be more like providing a custom case for your own copy of a record than a > compilation that includes the same content. Thats a whole seperate can of worms, including trademark law, moral rights and isn't simple of itself 8( Alan -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
