Politics-Free Licence ;)

[Matthew Flaschen]

Nicholas Cole wrote:
> The thing is, the FSF say that works that (for example) link to a
> library are derivative works, and plenty of people agree with them.
> But Google also turns up plenty of people who doubt it.

Right, and only a court can decide.

> I agree with what you are saying - if the FSF interpretation is
> correct, and iff it extends even to libraries in interpreted
> languages, then that section adds nothing.

There's no way the section can add to the meaning of derivative work.
If a work isn't derivative under copyright law, you can't make it be by
changing your license.

Matt Flaschen