Martin Dickopp wrote: ... Suppose that preexisting material (both program and library) is in public domain by the time the program is run. So once again, who gets the copyright on that "derivative work" and what expression (as in literary works modulo AFC test) does it protect in that "derivative work"?
---- The copyright in a compilation or derivative work extends only to the material contributed by the author of such work, as distinguished from the preexisting material employed in the work, and does not imply any exclusive right in the existing material. The copyright in such work is independent of, and does not affect or enlarge the scope duration ownership or subsistence of any copyright protection in the preexisting material. ---- regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
