On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Andrew Suffield wrote: >On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 04:22:49PM +0900, Fedor Zuev wrote: >> There, IMHO, is a subtle difference between a creating >> derivative work, and using a part of work in the completely >> unrelated other work. But you, of course, may disagree. I just reply > to the words, and not try to clairvoyant a thoughts.
>You don't get to play word games with "derivative work"; it is >explicitly defined by copyright law. Both of these constitute >derivation. Not exactly. There is a some difference between derivative work, compilation and quoting even in copyright law. But this unimportant. This differnece existed in reality even if it is not reflected in law.