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@Suiseiseki
Can you cite case law to back that up?
Because in the wild I see proprietary software running on Linux user-space and same thing with KMODS.
Don't bother answering I do not care for legalistic arguments. I am arguing that such software _shouldn't_ be considered derivative work anyway.
Got a better question for you,
If I run the The Sims on Linux with wine (which loosely translates Windows syscalls to Linux ones), which software is wine a derivative of?
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@Suiseiseki
Not sure how it relates to what I said, and dead wrong
API calls/syscalls (the things the wrapper actually envelopes for the game) are not covered by any license nor are they copyrightable for that matter.
So the wrapper is not required to assume the copyright of neither the target OS the host OS or the game.
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@lain
I think it's a good thing in the sense that games are worth perserving. Even if at the time they have a shit ass DRM/license, they should outlive their scummy publishers.
On a personal level, if you just use these wrappers as a GPL condom to play [CURRENT GAME] on Linux, you may as well use Windows and call it a day.
PS
Always remind Linus that he's *just* an engineer.
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