Re: gens License Check - Non-free (original) (raw)

"BTS" == Brian Thomas Sniffen bts@alum.mit.edu writes:

BTS> Yes.  And this picture of a Gnu is not a derivative work of
BTS> Emacs.  But if I package it with Emacs as the Emacs icon, the
BTS> combination IconEmacs is a derivative work of Emacs -- and of
BTS> my iconic gnu.

This is counterintuitive. There's a connection here between collection and derivation that's somewhat difficult to wrap my head around, though.

If I write a short story "Evan's Story", that is an independent work, on its own. If I submit that story to Atlantic Monthly, the story becomes part of the collective work "Atlantic Monthly, June 2004 issue."

If I then make the short story into a play "Evan's Play", it doesn't make much intuitive sense to say that "Evan's Play" is derived from "Atlantic Monthly, June 2004 issue". And it seems even stranger to say that "Evan's Play" is a derivative work of "Atlantic Monthly, April 1961" or "Atlantic Monthly, December 2018".

~ESP

-- Evan Prodromou Email: evan@debian.org Jabber: evan@jabber.debian.net

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