John Cowan wrote: [...] > A tarball that contains works by various authors is a compilation > work; a compiled program made from that tarball is a derivative > work of the individual files of the tarball, ...
Why is it a derivative work? I could imagine "a computer" (interpreter) that can run "program tarballs". Why simple addition of an intermediate step (required to run the program) makes something a derivative work? Wouldn't that mean that I'll need your permission to use this or that compiler (in order to "prepare derivative work")? regards, alexander. -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
