Jean-Baptiste Soufron, Doctorant
CERSA - CNRS, Paris 2
http://soufron.free.fr
Le 20 mars 05, à 21:47, Andre Engels a écrit :
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:25:43 -0500, Gregory Maxwell
<gmaxwell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
So we have two choices, wait for injunction or
the criminal charges
(copyright violation is now a criminal matter :( ) and make the
argument in court, arguing fine points that have never been tested
before (how many generations of changes and replacements are needed to
untaint derived text, is any number sufficient), in a court which is
likely unfavorable due to the political climate, and potential lose
years of contributions if we lose the battle. Basically taking a huge
bet that wikipedia will be large enough to generate a large enough
public out-cry on the matter to influence the political situation...
Come on!!!! That's not a "huge bet", that's being ridiculous on the
face of it. Basically, if I write something and add it to another
text, does that make my text a copyright violation. NO. There's no
issue about 1, 10 or 100 changes, there's an issue about DIFFERENT
TEXTS!!!!!
That's the good way to see things. Each addition is an original work in
itself. Their combination is also another original work. If you have an
article = A+B, then you got 3 works... 2 normal and 1 derivative.