On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Aryeh Gregor
<Simetrical+wikilist(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Linking has no special status in the GPL -- it's
just a question of
what legally constitutes a derivative work. If a C program that
dynamically links to a library is legally a derivative work of that
library,
It isn't. A C program which *contains* a library is legally a
derivative work of that library.
a PHP program that dynamically calls functions from
another
PHP program is almost surely a derivative work too. The decision
would be made by a judge, who wouldn't have the faintest idea of the
technical details and therefore would only care about the general
effect.
Galoob v. Nintendo: "the infringing work must incorporate a portion
of the copyrighted work in some form."