On Fri June 18 2004 11:11, Rick Moen wrote: > Yes, it would be nice if the concept of derivative work were further > clarified (in the software context) by our courts. But I can't see why > running it through a compiler would affect anyone's ownership.
Well, would it depend on the specifics of the "aggregation" in question? It seems to me that this argument clearly applies if the source distribution is simply a directory containing "src/apache-1.3.1/" & "src/gnutar-1.2.3/". But what if the source of the allegedly infringing work includes header files from the original work, statically links in object code from it after invoking its makefiles, etc, and is otherwise unusable without the source of the original? In that case, are we simply back where we started, saying that there is an open question? Thanks & peace, Ihab -- Ihab A.B. Awad Snr Scientific Programmer, Dept of Genetics Stanford University -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3