Is Magnant a derived work ?

[Francois Beerten]

Jonathan Wilson wrote:

> > Now is Magnant a derived work ?  Does it violate the GPL ?
> The graphics certainly are not a derived work in that they are not 
> directly linked into the game or contained in with the script files 
> (they are input files to the program and are not part of the program 
> itself)

Right, the graphics are not linked in the stratagus engine. The scripts 
on the other hand have detailed references (file name, sizes, frame 
positions and so on) to the graphics. One could say that the scripts are 
"linked" to the scripts.

>
> The other software items, if they are stand-alone processes with 
> seperate exe files are not a derived work either.
>
> At least that is my understanding of the GPL.
>
The other software items are seperate executables. But does the GPL stop 
at the border of the executable ?

Francois Beerten.