Yeah, I think you make some great points and I'll give you that; you probably did show here why my idea is not correct. I don't know the right answer, I'm certainly no lawyer ;)
I just know that, to me, "dynamic linking" seems like an arbitrary and imprecise way to define "derivative work". And, I'm not sure whether it's really something that _can_ be defined and possible to determine without consider it on a case by case basis. It's a good "right hand rule", perhaps, but doesn't strike me as either necessary or sufficient to really define it. We'll never really know, I guess, until someone makes that actual argument in court.
I just know that, to me, "dynamic linking" seems like an arbitrary and imprecise way to define "derivative work". And, I'm not sure whether it's really something that _can_ be defined and possible to determine without consider it on a case by case basis. It's a good "right hand rule", perhaps, but doesn't strike me as either necessary or sufficient to really define it. We'll never really know, I guess, until someone makes that actual argument in court.