Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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. > ----
The second paragraph pretty much answers the question in the first. I have no idea what you're aiming at. If the works of A and B are combined to form a derivative work by an entity C, and the act of creating the derivative work is not creative enough to be copyrightable (as in the case of running a dynamically linked program, for example), then C gains no copyright of the derivative work. But at the same time, A and B don't lose their copyrights of the derivative work. Martin _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
