On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Marc Lavallée wrote:
Is a patch using [expr] like a derivative work? I don't think so. A derivative work is more like a "new version" of something. "1+1", even calculated with a GPL software and saved within a patch is not a derivative work.
Derivative work according to GPL includes anything made with GPL libraries.
If you can make [expr] run in another process, you might have an effective means of circumventing the GPL. =)
work. A picture retouched with the Gimp is a derivative work of the original picture, not of the Gimp.
It's not a suitable analogy because the picture doesn't contain a copy of the Gimp.
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