Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, Måns Rullgård wrote: >> A work can't be derived from another work without including some >> piece of it > > This is actually not the case; including output of a work (or > generated by a work) in another work can make that work a derivative > work of the first work.
That could only possibly make the executable a derivative of the compiler. The makefile doesn't output anything in its own right. It does cause make to print a few lines to the console when it is run, but those messages are not included in the executable. Lot's of (mainly single-file) programs don't come with a makefile at all, only a README file telling you to compile the C file and naming the libraries it needs. Is the compiled program a derivative of this README file? >> Is a printed book a derivative work of the manual for the printing >> press? > > This is the wrong analogy. The right analogy is: Is a printed book a > derivative work of the typeface used in the printing press? I guess next you'll be saying that the compiled program is a derivative of the font the author used when he wrote the makefile. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
