On Sunday, February 13, 2005 11:50 pm, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > On the other hand, consider a single software distribution consisting of > multiple source files -- perhaps some are added at a later date to add > new features. Not all of the source files may be necessary, but they do > add useful things onto the bare-bones package.
Precisely: "onto the bare-bones package"-- a single application that has optional features, as opposed to a suite of applications that can be used independently, each of which may have their own optional features. Microsoft Office is a collective work, and that doesn't mean that it lacks an expansive number of (exploitable) add-on features for each program. > Also, a collective work generally involves applying some degree of > creativity in the choice -- things are chosen for a specific, creative > purpose. The less creativity and choice involved, the less likely it > truly is a collective work. I'm unclear on your definitions of "the choice" and "things". The choice for who, of what, and which things? Please clarify. -- Anthony Gorecki Ectro-Linux Foundation
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