The open source licenses I have looked at cover "modifications to the software".
Now suppose I have developed a useful hack in language X, which could readily be translated into language Z. Can someone else make that translation and claim ownwership of that software? I am thinking that "modification" might include translation, or that I would have to explicitly mention translation in a license--but would that then hold up? thx, ken tilton clinisys -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
