From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,faf964ea4531e6af X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,43ae7f61992b3213 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: Robert Dewar Subject: Re: GPL and "free" software Date: 1999/05/07 Message-ID: <7gur3q$6t6$1@nnrp1.deja.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 475142966 References: <7fibd5$jc7$1@news2.tor.accglobal.net> <3729D0F6.3DF2CCED@doc.ic.ac.uk> <372A07FE.47AD7982@doc.ic.ac.uk> <7gdd9e$36l$1@flotsam.uits.indiana.edu> <372ADF48.B3C88507@doc.ic.ac.uk> <373248e6@eeyore.callnetuk.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x11.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.31 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Fri May 07 13:50:51 1999 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.51 [en] (WinNT; U) Date: 1999-05-07T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <373248e6@eeyore.callnetuk.com>, "Nick Roberts" wrote: > I think the relevant point is that, in any eventuality, if a program uses a > template or generic unit, then some object code corresponding to that > template or generic unit will end up in the program's object code. I feel > sure it is the case that the source code for many templates and generic > units will constitute an 'original and substantive work' susceptible to a > claim of copyright. Indeed! And in fact some vendors of proprietary software are not at all happy with the model of instantiation by expansion, because it forces them to reveal source code which they want not only to copyright, but also to keep secret. -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own