From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-05-06 07:47:54
Walter Landry wrote:
[...]
> > http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/125_F3d_580.htm
>
> The referenced case doesn't involve making copies, and turns on the
> particulars of visual art.
Try to apply the same logic to software and incorporation of legal
copies into "larger works". Copying is governed by the GPL Section
1 and Section 3, not Section 2. For a "combined work" (compilation)
you simply state something like
"Portions Copyright ... <license>"
"Portions Copyright ... <license>"
and make sure that your distribution of the compilation in the
object (binary) form complies with all those licenses/agreements.
In the case of reciprocal share-alike licenses like the GPL/CPL/OSL,
that means making the source code of the XYL'd portions (including
derivatives [aka modification/adaptations]) available to your
licenses free of royalties.
regards,
alexander.