Re: Copyright / licensing question

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Feb 02 2005 - 19:56:25 EST


Followup to: <20050202232725.GA6197@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
By author: Charles Cazabon <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I'm not sure that's the case. Inclusion of significant chunks of source code
> (not just a dozen lines or whatever) might bring the book into "derived work"
> territory, and your publisher is almost certainly not going to allow
> redistribution under the GPL ...
>
> The short answer is "ask a lawyer".
>

I think that would fall under the "aggregate work" clause.

-hpa
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