Re: Draft new DFSG

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

john@dhh.gt.org writes ("Re: Draft new DFSG"):
> Ian Jackson writes:
> > Furthermore, a derivative work has shared copyright, not copyright only
> > by the deriver.
> 
> A derivative work is a mixture of two works and has two copyrights: that of
> the 'original' author which applies to his work, and that of the deriver,
> which applies to her work.  This mixture may not be distributed without
> permission of both authors, but either component may be distributed with
> just the permission of its author.

Thanks for that clarification.

Ian.