Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And what creative undertaking in the creation (the moment the program > is run) of that "derivative work" can be attributed to the copyright > holders of the program and/or the library?
The creativity that was exercised in the creation of the program and the library doesn't magically disappear the moment the two are combined. > Suppose that both their preexisting copyrights happen to expire the > moment the program is run... In that case, I suggest that you lean back. We know from Special Relativity that the concept of two events in different locations coinciding in time only makes sense for a given reference frame. Therefore, if you move and thereby change to a different reference frame, the copyrights will either already have expired when the program starts, or the starting of the pogram will occur before the copyrights expire. Since I assume that your leaning back will not be fast enough to be anywhere near the velocity of light, the difference will only be extremely tiny, of course. Martin _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
