Re: Question about licensing
> From: John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>
> USC Title 17, Ch.1, Sec. 101, Definitions
>
> A ''derivative work'' is a work based upon one or more preexisting
> works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization,
> fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art
> reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which a
> work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. A work consisting of
> editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications
> which, as a whole, represent an original work of authorship, is a
> ''derivative work''.
"elaborations" is pretty broad. There's still room for the licensor to
state what they consider permissible use in their license.
Bruce
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