Martin Dickopp wrote: [...] > > Combined as in what? Can you print two different stories (bought > > electronically) on the same sheet of paper (to form a combined > > printout) or not? > > Since I never claimed that a combination of two works is /always/ a > derivative of one or both original works (in fact, I claimed the exact > opposite just a few hours ago in this very newsgroup), your example > is rather silly and not at all related to the discussion at hand.
I see. So combined "stories" are OK (never mind that one can reference the other one and that that stuff is also in binary form) with respect to lack of derivation under copyright law, but combined programs (protected as literary works by definition) are somehow not OK, or at least not always OK. Very interesting. regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
