Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 2003-12-14 at 15:34, Brian T. Sniffen wrote: > >> Right, but since the plugin author clearly intended it to fit with and >> accompany the host, there's no creativity on the part of the combiner. >> And we're well back into "argue it in court" territory. > > If it isn't creative, it can't be a derivative work either. Both require > creativity.
But it *is* creativity on the part of the author of the plugin, since in addition to saying "I'll write a gaussian blur tool", he said "I'll write one that works in Emacs!" For someone to later pair it with Emacs has no creativity, so that packager hasn't earned a copyright, but the pairing is under copyright -- that of the original author on the host, that of the plugin author on the plugin, and that of the plugin author on the combination. -Brian
