I know for books, the copyright on the collection as a whole (including cover art, etc) is separate from the copyright on the individual stories. I assume this is similar.
Rob Helmer said: > Copyright != license > > The individual authors generally hold the copyright on a given > package, although sometimes they assign it to places like the FSF. > > I guess LinuxLand is saying they hold a copyright on the _packaging_ > like the image on the CD and in the CD case. According to > Hans-Jörg's post, German copyright law allows them to copyright > the package itself, I don't know what implications that has. > > Presumably the copyright on the software itself remains the > original author's, so the license ( GPL/BSD/whatever ) is still > valid for each individual binary. > > I am not familiar with German copyright law in particular, maybe > someone could clarify this further. > > > > -- > Rob Helmer > > On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 07:09:43PM +0200, Peter Makholm wrote: > > LinuxLand / Hans-Jörg Ehren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > at its own right. That copyright only reflects to packaging, artwork > > > > If you can copyright the packaging of the disks, how can it be the > > official Debian disks which is GPL'ed if I remember right? > > > > Just wondering. > > jeff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffry Smith Technical Sales Consultant Mission Critical Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone:603.930.9739 fax:978.446.9470 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thought for today: cube n. 1. [short for `cubicle'] A module in the open-plan offices used at many programming shops. "I've got the manuals in my cube." 2. A NeXT machine (which resembles a matte-black cube).
