David Kastrup wrote: > > Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Merijn de Weerd wrote: > > [...] > >> What the GPL says in section 2 is that if you combine your own > >> work with the GPL work, the GPL applies to the whole. That's > >> logical: such a combination is a derivative work. This paragraph > >> of text is my original work. The combination of my paragraphs > >> with the parts of your message that I cited above is a derivative > >> work of your message. > > > > Not at all. It's a compilation. > > You are confusing "compilation" in the literary (and legal) and in the > computer sense.
And how am I confusing it? > A compilation is a collection of independent works Yes. > only related by topic. A "compilation" is a work formed by the collection and assembling of preexisting materials or of data that are selected, coordinated, or arranged in such a way that the resulting work as a whole constitutes an original work of authorship. The term "compilation" includes collective works. A "collective work" is a work, such as a periodical issue, anthology, or encyclopedia, in which a number of contributions, constituting separate and independent works in themselves, are assembled into a collective whole. > You can throw out parts and retain a > compilation. And? regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
