SFC: GPL Violations Related to Combining ZFS and Linux

Posted Feb 26, 2016 9:12 UTC (Fri) by epa (subscriber, #39769)
In reply to: SFC: GPL Violations Related to Combining ZFS and Linux by butlerm
Parent article: SFC: GPL Violations Related to Combining ZFS and Linux

I don't think the licence can decide what counts as a derivative work. That is determined by copyright. At most the licence could grant exemptions so that even if something might be considered a derivative work under copyright law, distributing it under other terms is still permitted.

SFC: GPL Violations Related to Combining ZFS and Linux

Posted Feb 26, 2016 13:20 UTC (Fri) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link]

> I don't think the licence can decide what counts as a derivative work. That is determined by copyright.

And when the powers that be push for ever-stronger copyright, it has the side-effect of strengthening copyleft.

Of course, without enforcement, it's rather moot.