[License-discuss] Words that don't mean derivative work

2016-02-03 Thread Lawrence Rosen
Simon Phipps the other day used the word "integration" to mean "derivative work." Recently on this and other open source email lists we've seen "combinations," "inclusion," "kernel space," "shim," "interface" and "API", "header file", and "linking". None of those is ipso facto a derivative

Re: [License-discuss] Words that don't mean derivative work

2016-02-03 Thread Diane Peters
To the extent helpful, we at CC put a lot of thought into how to best define the notion of what constitutes a derivative work ("Adapted Material" in CC 4.0 vernacular) when we last versioned. We expressly tied it to copyright law. If a downstream licensee uses the work in a manner that implicates

Re: [License-discuss] Words that don't mean derivative work

2016-02-03 Thread Lawrence Rosen
AM To: license-discuss@opensource.org Subject: Re: [License-discuss] Words that don't mean derivative work To the extent helpful, we at CC put a lot of thought into how to best define the notion of what constitutes a derivative work ("Adapted Material" in CC 4.0 vernacular) w