On Dec 9, 2003, at 13:38, Arnoud Engelfriet wrote:
However, what I'm saying is that if you bundle the existing
host and the existing plugin into a composite work, you may
have created a derivative work. Just like if I put an existing
photograph next to an existing text to produce an illustrated
article.
I think that process is much better described by:
A ''compilation'' is a work formed by the collection and
assembling of preexisting materials or of data that are
selected, coordinated, or arranged in such a way that the
resulting work as a whole constitutes an original work of
authorship. The term ''compilation'' includes collective
works.
than
A ''derivative work'' is a work based upon one or more
preexisting works, such as a translation, musical
arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion
picture version, sound recording, art reproduction,
abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which a
work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. A work consisting
of editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other
modifications which, as a whole, represent an original work of
authorship, is a ''derivative work''.
