On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Gabriel M.
Beddingfield<gabriel@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Aug 2009, Chris Cannam wrote:
>>
>> If your interpretation was correct, then I could require Cubase to be
>> GPL'd by writing a VST plugin for it and publishing it under the GPL.
>> This would obviously be absurd. In real life, a court faced with a
>
> No, Steinburg wouldn't be held to the GPL... your user would.
My _user_? That can't be the case, the GPL only covers distribution.
Nick's interpretation was "same memory space => derived work",
implying that a host that loads a GPL'd plugin is a derived work of
that plugin, ergo Cubase is a derived work of my VST plugin -- which
is obviously absurd.
Chris
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