Brian Behlendorf scripsit: > So I have no right to create a derivative work of a public domain work and > release that derivative work under a license of my choice? For example, I > can not take PD code and incorporate it into Apache httpd? I must > misunderstand what public domain means, then.
Oh yes, you can do that. But the derivative work must be genuinely a derivative work, and not just a minor touch-up of the public-domain original. -- "They tried to pierce your heart John Cowan with a Morgul-knife that remains in the http://www.ccil.org/~cowan wound. If they had succeeded, you would http://www.reutershealth.com become a wraith under the domination of the Dark Lord." --Gandalf -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
