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Re: Using of parse tree externally
- Subject: Re: Using of parse tree externally
- From: sam th <sam at uchicago dot edu>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 15:01:59 -0500 (CDT)
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
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On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Richard Kenner wrote:
> Isn't there any way the GCC license could be written so as to make any
> such output a derived work, thereby requiring other programs that use
> it to be GPLed too?
>
> No. Whether something is a derived work or not is a question of copyright
> law, not something you can put into a license.
And the law says [1]
A ''derivative work'' is a work based upon one or more
preexisting works, such as a translation, musical arrangement,
dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound
recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any
other form in which a work may be recast, transformed, or
adapted. A work consisting of editorial revisions, annotations,
elaborations, or other modifications which, as a whole, represent
an original work of authorship, is a ''derivative work''.
[1]
http://law2.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t17t20+4+15++
sam th
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