From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 2 11:12:51 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44F7E37B401 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 11:12:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D188D43EB2 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 11:12:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([12.242.158.67]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51) with ESMTP id <20021202191249051007t4m0e>; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 19:12:49 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gB2JCId8003621; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 11:12:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.6/8.12.5/Submit) id gB2JBrT8003614; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 11:11:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jojo set sender to swear@attbi.com using -f To: Terry Lambert Cc: Darren Pilgrim , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is a port skeleton considered a derivative work under the GPL? References: <3DE9A680.4000702@pantherdragon.org> <3DE9B0CC.8A368E61@mindspring.com> From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: 02 Dec 2002 11:11:53 -0800 In-Reply-To: <3DE9B0CC.8A368E61@mindspring.com> Message-ID: Lines: 11 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Terry Lambert writes: > You are basically asking the question "What makes A a derivative > work of B?". Basically, yes, but he's also asking, importantly, "how should I interpret the GPL's fuzzy and confusing derivative escape clauses?". The prior replay concerning risk avoidance works well here too, except when considering jurisdictions and locations of actions, remember the case of the Central American leader who is sitting in a US jail. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message