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title: Deriving and Linking GPL
date: 2010-08-23T10:26:13+00:00
modified: 2013-05-26T19:13:07+00:00
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  name: Kaspars
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  - Aside
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  - WordPress
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# Deriving and Linking GPL

Next time you try to define a *derivative work* or *linking*, think of it as *‘work possible* ***because of*** *an existing work’*.

Could you even consider creating a theme or a plugin if WordPress, Drupal or Joomla didn’t exist? Could you build an iPhone App if there was no iPhone?

No.

It’s that simple.