Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: >> If it were a compilation, that would be fine. But in many cases -- >> including this one, I think -- it's not. We have a license to the >> original work from the original author, and to the derivative work >> from the upstream. But the original author also has a copyright on >> the derivative work, and we have no license to it from him. > > The original author has a copyright on his work that is included in > the derivative work, not a copyright on the derivative work itself.
I believe you are mistaken about this. The original author has a copyright which allows him to control the production and distribution of derivative works. Any grants he makes regarding the original work are irrelevant to the derivative works. -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
