GPL vs BSD Licence

[Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC]

On Oct 29, 2004, at 1:10 PM, TM4525 at aol.com wrote:

> 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.

It is not just the GPL folks.  SCO is doing the same thing to IBMs 
code.  Code totally removed from SCOs SysVR4 code is being claimed by 
SCO as a derivative work.

I am not trying to open up a discussion on SCO.  Just to point out that 
this phenomenon is not restricted to the GPL fanatics.

Chad