Alexander Terekhov wrote:
Go to doctor, Hyman. Source and binary forms are equivalent representations of the same work. I thought you were in agreement on that point (and IIRC even quoted copyright compendium)... schizophrenia in addition to mental retardation is your diagnosis. *Run* to doctor, Hyman.
Source and binary are the considered the same thing for purposes of copyright ownership - the author has copyright in a single work, only has to register the source, etc. Nevertheless, the author maintains the exclusive right to authorize copying and distribution, and this right is very fine-grained. One example is authorizing one publisher to produce hardcover versions of a novel and another publisher to produce paperbacks. Similarly, while the binary and the source are a single work for purposes of copyright, the author has the exclusive right to control the form in which he permits copying and distribution. (Having the source and binary be considered a single work does not mean, of course, that the binary may contain other copyrighted elements without permission.) You are as wrong as wrong can be. As usual. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
