Re: Copyright/License of Debian Constitution
On 2004-07-05, Carl Fink <carlf@fink.to> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 02:55:28PM -0400, Travis Crump wrote:
>
>> a) Go try and 'reword' a book and try to pass it off as your own.
>
> Perfectly legal. Note that WEST SIDE STORY is not ROMEO AND JULIET
> for copyright purposes. Yes, ROMEO is in public domain ... but WSS
> is not, which it would be if it were considered identical to the
> original.
Remember when a novel called "Wind Done Gone" or some such was written by
a female black Southern author? Mitchell's family were upset.
--
Juha Siltala
http://www.edu.helsinki.fi/activity/people/jsiltala/
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