Alex Belits wrote:
>
> On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, Wes Peters wrote:
> >
> > That depends on the type of "aggregation". If you produce a single-purpose
> > device, like an "internet radio", the entire device has a single purpose,
> > therefore every part of the device is "derived from" every other part.
>
> WTF are you talking about? Derived work is the result of modification of
> the original, not just something dependent on its functionality.
>From the "10 big myths about copyright explained" page:
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
6) "If I make up my own stories, but base them on another work, my new work
belongs to me." False. Copyright law is quite explicit that the making of
what are called "derivative works" -- works based or derived from another
copyrighted work -- is the exclusive province of the owner of the original
work. This is true even though the making of these new works is a highly
creative process. If you write a story using settings or characters from
somebody else's work, you need that author's permission.
How this exactly applies to software has never been tested in court, and is
therefore in question. You appear to not understand how the US legal system
(and any other derived from English common law) works, and the power of
"precedent."
Linus has specifically disclaimed such types of aggregation in public state-
ments, but this sentiment is NOT reflected in the actual text of the license.
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