GPL vs BSD Licence

[TM4525 at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/29/04 12:38:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, db at db.net 
writes:
>
> > The GPL and Linux don't care if you link into their system libraries,
> > they expect that which is why the system libraries are LGPLd
...
>     If I write a piece of code that uses a defined interface, it's utterly
> preposterous to argue that it is derivative from an *implementation* of that
> interface, since it could be used with *any* implementation of that
> interface.
Its equally "preposterous" for the GPLers to claim that anything that works
with any O/S is owned by the owner of the OS as a "derivative work". But 
they do, and they will, because it suits them.