Thomas Bushnell, BSG said: > Jeffry Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I know for books, the copyright on the collection as a whole (including > > cover art, etc) is separate from the copyright on the individual stories. > > I assume this is similar. > > This is true, and related to the case. But the copyright on the whole > must still be compatible with the copyright on each piece, and I don't > think (but I'm not sure) that the GPL would permit this kind of > shenanigan. >
No, the LICENSE must be compatible with the GPL. Copyright is a strange beast. In a collection, each piece is separately copyrighted. The collection is copyrighted. However, a piece can be in multiple collections, each with their own copyright. GPL expands copyright, and I didn't see anything in the license on the set (Debian 2.2) that was incompatible with the Debian 2.2 licenses on each piece. i.e. you can't copy the exact collection, with their artwork exactly where their artwork is, but you can copy the SW. jeff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffry Smith Technical Sales Consultant Mission Critical Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone:603.930.9739 fax:978.446.9470 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thought for today: zero-content adj. Syn. content-free. jeff
