Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> >> Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > "Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote: >> > [...] >> >> So then why must it too be free, why must the license require that >> >> to be free? >> >> >> >> To keep things free, again, this was answered as well before. >> > >> > Man oh man, you're krank. Suppose he takes PUBLIC DOMAIN work and >> > links it with the GPL'd work. Nobody can apply ANY copyright license >> > to work in public domain. >> >> You are confused. Licenses apply to particular _copies_, not some > > Copyright licenses apply to work, idiot.
Copyright arises from works, licenses (which require copyright) apply to copies. Having the copyright to a particular work allows you to license copies under a variety of different licenses under your discretion, so it is clear that the license does not apply to the work, but rather to the distributed copy. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss