[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sawkins' copyright claim would be limited to the improvements which he added > or the derivative work, not the original unimproved work. A minor distinction, > but still with a difference. > > I could reproduce the work that is in the public domain without his > 'improvements' and his copyright claim would be irrelevant to my edition.
Sawkins' point was that if you took out his contribution, you don't have a work at all. He composed the middle parts, for example.
