MJ Ray markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk schrieb/wrote:
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Claus_F=E4rber?= list-fsf-eu-discussion@faerber.muc.de wrote:
Even an include() statement does not make the plug-in in the form it is _distributed_ in a dereived work.
Hrm. The program cannot function independently and modifies the original at run-time.
Does it? Or does it just _use_ it?
What matters is wheter you are doing something that requires the permission of the author. In EU member states, this is making any copy, even temporary copies.
Although you might be distributing code that cannot function independently, you are not copying the original code, so you don't need the permission of its author.
Please also note that the EU Copyright Directive for Computer Programmes also includes a statement that even allows reverse- engineering to make other software interoperable. So a licence clause that disallows (proprietary) interoperable software should be void in most member states.
Claus