Just to add to the discussion re Copyright... Just because an entity has
granted one of the rights under Copyright does not necessarily cause it
to relinquish its remaining rights. U.S. Copyright law (title 17)
grants several specific rights to a holder.
(see
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/106.html)
By my reading, granting the right to reproduce does not automatically
convey additional rights, such as creation of derivative works or
translation.
Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer or even much of a student of law - just a
software producer who occasionally has to look up the rules on this
dull, boring stuff...
Gary
At 10:16 PM 3/23/99 -0500, you wrote:
><Yes, but apparently it's freely distributable. And in the absence of a
><license, I think that implies that derived works are freely distributable
><as well. My hypothetical reverse-engineerined "source code" would obviousl
><be a derived work.
>
>I'd say if it was done non-profit and protpper credit given there would be
>little room for squawks. I have no idea if that would fly legally, however
>intent is sometimes important.
>
>Allison
>
Received on Tue Mar 23 1999 - 22:49:49 GMT