Derick Rethans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Josh Triplett wrote: > >> >>This is much broader. For example, I cannot write a derivative called >> >>"Brian's Xdebug" or "Xdebug manual" or even "A third-party manual for >> >>Xdebug". >> > >> > The manual is no problem, that's not a derived product. >> >> It could very well be a derivative; a manual might want to copy some of >> the code for illustrative purposes, or copy various comments. > > IMO just copying a tiny bit of code or copying various comments does not > make something a derivate. I mean, com'on, other people can come up with > those same comments or tiny bits of code.
This seems to me to be no different from citing a paragraph from a book, which is perfectly legal under normal copyright law. If a code fragment is used in another program, matters might be different, though. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED]