Alan Mackenzie wrote: [...] > The resulting function is in no way a "compilation" - it is a derivative > of the original function.
When you modify the source code (change it) or rewrite it in another programming language, that resulting work will be a derivative work (as long as it contains protected elements from the original -- the AFC test). [...] > That is true. However, when you take two short stories, commingle > paragraphs from one of them with paragraphs from the other, connecting > them up with sentences of your own to give a new short story, you have a > derivative work. Doing this may be unusual for stories, but is a > perfectly normal way of creating software. Maybe in the GNU Republic. I can't recall ever "commingling" software. regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
