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On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Gabriel M.

Beddingfield wrote:

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> 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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