Re: Questions

[Bill Gribble <grib linuxdevel com>]

On Wed, 2001-12-05 at 14:09, Linas Vepstas wrote:
> I asked these same questions of an intellectual property lawyer nearly
> ten years ago. After some confusion, a fairly clear answer emerged:
> the boundry lines lie along address spaces (virtual or not).  Since
> processes are in different address spaces, there is no contamination.

I think you're mostly on the right track.  The FSF's GPL FAQ has a 
pretty practical statement of rules of thumb for this in the "plug in"
case, which I think is sort of the heart of the matter.