linux-kernel - RE: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

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Message-ID: <MDEHLPKNGKAHNMBLJOLKIEDEEMAC.davids@webmaster.com>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:48:49 -0700
From:	"David Schwartz" <davids@...master.com>
To:	<mdpoole@...ilus.org>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3



> Most of this list has
> already dismissed your rather unique -- I would even say frivolous --
> idea of how far "mere aggregation" goes: I, for one, have better
> things to do than explain why a C file is not a "mere aggregation" of
> the functions it contains.)
>
> Michael Poole

Of course it's not mere aggregation. The functions in a C file are
creatively combined. How many times do I have to say that the opposite of
"mere aggregation" is creative combination?

It is not unique, it is part of the definition of a "derivative work".

DS


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