Brian Behlendorf wrote: > Would you agree that if I took one of Shakespeare's plays and reworked it > into a screenplay, or novel, that my work would be a derivative work? > Throw in translating to Chinese for good measure. Throw in adding some > extra scenes and characters to really flesh out my work, or to adapt it to > a new culture. All of those things are making a derivative work, clearly. > I think the idea of implementing an API is the same thing. > And I think this is a much closer analogy than using the tax advice given > by a tax book. The closest analogy is building a house from a blueprint. The house isn't a derivative work of the blueprint, or architects wouldn't need to get paid for drawing them -- they could sue the contractor for infringement. > I am not a lawyer, but I'm getting uncomfortably familiar with too many > things usually only lawyers have to worry about. Tell it, brother! -- There is / one art || John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com to do / all things || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan with art- / lessness \\ -- Piet Hein
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