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> Notice? This is actually _exactly_ what I've been arguing all along,
> except I've been arguing with a technical audience, so I've been using
> technical examples and terminology. But my argument is that just the fact
> that somebody compiled the code for Linux into a binary module that is
> useless without a particular version of the kernel DOES MAKE IT A DERIVED
> WORK.

	So I'd need a license from Ford to make an aftermarket bumper. Their design
is protected by copyright and my bumper is useless without a Ford car. You
keep arguing for the type of world I don't want to live in. I really hope
you're wrong.

	DS