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Is a database derived from GPL code a derived product?

Is a database derived from GPL code a derived product?

Posted Jun 2, 2005 12:19 UTC (Thu) by gregwilkins (subscriber, #515)
Parent article: IP Software Compliance Tools -- Who Needs Them and Why?

These products sound interesting and I'd love to see the reports they
generate over OS projects made publically available.

Which made me think... if a database and/or report is derived from
the source code of GPL's project, then surely that is a derived product
and thus covered by the GPL?


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