bh@intevation.de said:
What exactly does the license apply to? If it's the distribution as a whole then it may be legal.
The distribution as a whole can be seen as a collection of copyrighted works that can be copyrighted as a whole independently of the individual components. Mandrake can choose any license they like for it.
Ah - ok that is it. Indeed it is the license that covers the distribution as a whole I am referring to. So such a distribution is not considered to be a "derivative work" I suppose, since it is composed on a different level.
- Josef