Do-not-distribute terms
Do-not-distribute terms
Posted Apr 30, 2017 10:31 UTC (Sun) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)In reply to: Do-not-distribute terms by dsommers
Parent article: No more grsecurity test patches
> It is tempting to consider the argument that a binary version of a source code being a derived work. IANAL, but I believe that is a misinterpretation of «derived work».
IANAL too, but (time stamps etc excepted) as a mathematician I would actually argue that the source and binaries are the SAME work.
Failure to understand this point by the legal system is part of why the legal protection of software is such a mess ... :-)
Cheers,
Wol