[LAD] GPL Violation Alert! - Sorry if this is a duplicate

[Chris Cannam]

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Gabriel M.
Beddingfield<gabriel at teuton.org> 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