Re: can one build commercial applications with latest gnat and other licenses related questions...

[M E Leypold <development-2006-8ecbb5cc8aREMOVETHIS@ANDTHATm-e-leypold.de>]

Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de> writes:

> Michael Bode wrote:
> 
> > I would like to hear what the FSF thinks 'using a library' is as
> > opposed to 'derive work from a library'.
> 
> "derivative work" and "use" are legal terms, best explained by
> legal professionals.
> 
> The discussions of whether or not which constitutes what have been
> lengthy, and IIRC usually suffered from mixing everyday notions
> of "use", "derive", etc., with their relevant meaning in licensing
> contracts.

IANAL, IANAL, IANAL.

I'd also add, that "license" is AFAIK (IANAL) no legal notion in some
countries. I have been informed that it is something that exists in US
law but as thus and under this name not in German law (i.e.). There is
still copyright and the GPL (for instance) has binding force, because
of copyright law, but the word license is not found in the BGB. My
impression (IANAL) was that whatever corresponds to licensing during
distribution in Germany doesn't fall under contract law, but under
copyright law. But IANAL.

Regards .. Markus