Put it in laymen's terms

[Nate]

>    Copyright law concerns distributing copies of published works
>    in portion or entirety.

Thanks for the lesson ;).

>    Cutting and pasting a function (or even retyping from a book)
>    when writing a program creates a "derived work."

You haven't answered my question.  What is a function?

>    The GPL says, "this license lets you use the software only if
>    you agree to place the GPL on all derived works."

You're telling me about law again.  What is a function? What is a system
call?

Thank you.

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