binary modules Modules and linking
Posted Oct 10, 2003 12:54 UTC (Fri) by
dwmw2 (subscriber, #2063)
In reply to:
binary modules Modules and linking by AJWM
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LinkSys and the GPL - again
"While that may be true, it may also be irrelevant."
I agree, since the GPL clearly requires, in some circumstances, that the source of even non-derived works must be released under the terms of the GPL.
These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program, and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those sections when you distribute them as separate works. But when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote it.
Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the intent is to exercise the right to control the distribution of derivative or collective works based on the Program.
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