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From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
Subject: Re: Fwd: reiser4 non-free?
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 11:51:29 -0700
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To: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
Cc: Stewart Smith <stewart@flamingspork.com>, Domenico Andreoli <cavok@tiscali.it>, Sami Liedes <sliedes@cc.hut.fi>, ed@debian.org, debian-legal@lists.debian.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com

Steve Langasek wrote:

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>>It doesn't "add", it clarifies. i.e. if you build a clustered file
>>system that does stuff specific to reiserfs (e.g. use the reiser4
>>syscall), then that will be considered a derived work, and must be
>>distributable under the GPL.
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>>Sure, you could go to court and argue that it isn't - but namesys have a
>>clear clarification of what they consider, so I hope your lawyer is good
>>:)
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>The term "derivative work" in the GPL is defined
>
defined very loosely, as it indeed it must be, because it is inherently 
a loose concept.  There is, for instance, nothing in copyright law about 
linking....

> by copyright law and
>case law.  
>