RE: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause?

David Schwartz
2003-12-06T21:30:48Z

> So trust me, you really don't want to claim that just because a
> program was written to use a particular interface, the license infects
> across the API. Apple and Microsoft are playing that game, and a very
> unsavory game it is. And it leads to all sorts of paradoxes, such as
> the one I described above.
>
> - Ted

What you want do is claim that taking from a copyrighted work merely what
you need to take from it in order to make your own code interoperate with it
is fair use. If people honestly believe in free software, they should be
making these types of claims.

DS