Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:10:10 EDT From: TM4525@aol.com To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPL vs BSD Licence Message-ID: <149.372eec36.2eb3ef92@aol.com>
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In a message dated 10/29/04 12:38:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, db@db.net writes: > > > The GPL and Linux don't care if you link into their system libraries, > > they expect that which is why the system libraries are LGPLd ... > If I write a piece of code that uses a defined interface, it's utterly > preposterous to argue that it is derivative from an *implementation* of that > interface, since it could be used with *any* implementation of that > interface. Its equally "preposterous" for the GPLers to claim that anything that works with any O/S is owned by the owner of the OS as a "derivative work". But they do, and they will, because it suits them.
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