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Re: More fun with Title 17 USC



On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 11:40, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 03:02:58AM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> >  (Sec. 101):
> > 	''joint work'' is a work prepared by two or more authors
> > 	with the intention that their contributions be merged
> > 	into inseparable or interdependent parts of a unitary whole.
> [...]
> > So, I wonder, how many open-source works qualify as joint works?
> 
> Probably not many.

I'd ponder over, e.g., Alan Cox, Linux Torvalds, Marcello[0], and others
being joint authors of Linux.

[0] Apologies if I butchered the spelling of your name.

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