Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anthony DeRobertis wrote: >> On Dec 9, 2003, at 13:38, Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: >> >However, what I'm saying is that if you bundle the existing >> >host and the existing plugin into a composite work, you may >> >have created a derivative work. Just like if I put an existing >> >photograph next to an existing text to produce an illustrated >> >article. >> >> I think that process is much better described by: >> >> A ''compilation'' is a work formed by the collection and >> assembling of preexisting materials or of data that are >> selected, coordinated, or arranged in such a way that the >> resulting work as a whole constitutes an original work of >> authorship. The term ''compilation'' includes collective >> works. > > That would seem to fit much better than derivative work, yes. > However I do wonder whether the combination of host and plugin > constitutes an original work of authorship? There seems to > be little creativity involved.
Sure there is -- but it's performed by the person who wrote the plugin, as he sculpts the interface to fit to the host, and to provide useful functionality to it -- not merely by itself. -Brian -- Brian T. Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.evenmere.org/~bts/