In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Code written to interoperate with other code is not a derivative work > > of that code by the definition given in the law. > > The courts have ruled differently for works of fiction designed to > interoperate with other fiction (namely, using the same > setting/worldview and characters).
Works of fiction are not utilitarian objects, and setting, worldview, and characters are creative elements, not functional elements. Incorporating them into your work thus makes your work a derivative work. A program is a utilitarian object, and whatever is necessary to interface to it is not subject to copyright. -- --Tim Smith _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
