In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Barry Margolin wrote: > [...] > > But that's not really a good analogy. Combining two programs is not > > just making references, you actually merge parts of one program into a > > copy of the other. > > What do you mean by "merge". They remain as two separate computer > programs (or parts thereof, if you like) under copyright law. No > protected expression was transformed/modified forming a derivative > work. Combined executable is just an aggregation of many computer > program works under copyright law. If you insist I can supply you > with maps that will allow you to extract all those distinct > components. Who said "combined executable"? I'm talking about copying parts of the source code of program A into a copy of program B, to create a new program C. For instance, A, may be a newsreader, B a mail reader, and C would be a program that can read both mail and news, created by combining parts of A and B at the source code level. An analogy in traditional media would be a collage, I think. -- Barry Margolin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
