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Re: qawo-problem and a book project

From: Brian Gough <bjg at network-theory dot co dot uk>
To: M Atakan Gurkan <ato at northwestern dot edu>
Cc: gsl-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 14:31:58 +0100
Subject: Re: qawo-problem and a book project
References: <200307091033.50798.wiedemann.harald@litef.de><16140.24122.77740.930352@debian.local><20030709133104.A28339@chinook.phys.northwestern.edu>

M Atakan Gurkan writes:
 > Is this really true? If I write a program and use GSL routines in
 > it and distribute only the source, as it would be in a book, I am
 > not copying GSL but only using it. I thought one needed to provide
 > the program under GPL if that program _includes_ GPL'ed code to
 > some extent. The source, possibly, does not contain GPL'ed code.

Copyright law considers "derivative works" rather than inclusion, and
if the program needs to use GSL then it's a derivative work.

best regards
-- 
Brian

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