Approval of IWL - Consolidated Response

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Gernot Heiser (gernot at ok-labs.com):

> That's not what the FSF says, they claim that linking against GPLed
> code makes your code GPLed, a clear case of reaching across APIs.

FSF are not judges -- and I don't believe that's exactly what they
claim, in any event.

> And if I'm not mistaken, this view has been upheld by courts in
> Germany (but I'm not a lawyer). 

You're mistaken.  ;->

> I really have a problem understanding where you draw the boundary
> between this and the GPL situation, and how you can do it
> unambiguously. 

Suggestion:  Learn how the concept of "derivative work" is defined
within copyright law, in your jurisdiction.

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