[linux-elitists] How is it possible to have a dual licensed Linux Distro.

[Ben Finney]

On 31-Aug-2007, Rick Moen wrote:
> "Derivative work" as a term of art within copyright law needs to be 
> carefully distinguished from bundling without derivation (what FSF 
> likes to call "mere aggregation").

Yes, I forgot that distinction. Thanks.

> Most constituent codebases on a typical Linux (GNU/Linux, whatever) 
> distribution are highly unlikely to ever be judged derivative works 
> of each other.

I don't know how you judge this probability without actually getting 
such a judgement in court. The logic of what is and is not a derived 
work has never been clear to me.

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Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au>
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