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From: | Hyman Rosen |
Subject: | Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++ |
Date: | Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:45:32 -0500 |
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On 2/4/2010 4:35 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
Resolving symbolic links (by a linker program) to something less expressive (but more effecient) doesn't create a modified/derivative work
You say "modified/derivative" as if the two words are synonyms, but they are not. A copy of library altered by a linker is "modified" and is not "verbatim" nor is it a copy of the "source". The technical meaning of "derivative" in copyright law is not the same as "modified". A book with a page ripped out is "modified" but not "derivative".
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