CMM support (Was: Re: [Openicc] google SoC starts)

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Graeme Gill wrote:
>
> I'm not sure I agree with this analysis. It's not
> necessary that the plugin become a derived work of Scribus,
> but rather that what is distributed (which would
> include the plugin) is a derived work of Scribus.
>
> If the combined package (work that's distributed) relies
> on the plugin for it's total functionality (i.e. it's optional
> CMM support), then clearly it's more than "mere aggregation",
> and is a derived work of both Scribus and the plugin
> (a collective derived work), and the whole is subject to
> the GPL as a condition of the permission to copy the GPL
> components it's derived from (2a of the GPL).

By this analysis, a program becomes subject to GPL if it is able to 
execute GNU gawk or GNU bash.  An operating system becomes subject to 
GPL if it is capable of running one of these programs.  This does not 
compute.  Please reset and try again. :-)

Bob
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