On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:44:02 +0200, Fastfission <fastfission(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
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I don't think copyrights work on a "per
file" basis — they work on a
"per work" basis. To my understanding of it, you can't GFDL only a
low-res version of something and not have it also covered by a
high-res version. At least I'm pretty sure there's nothing in current
caselaw which would imply that different resolutions of the same image
have independent copyright status.
Ok, IANAL, but my understanding is "yes and no".
Copyright is granted for the work, no question about it. Anyone create
something creative have full copyright for that work and any derivatives.
HOWEVER the copyright holder is fully within his right to *licence* one
spesific version (or copy) of the work under a free licence without
loosing any sort of controll over source work.
A number of of software companies base theyr entire business model on
this principle. They offer one version of theyr code for free under the
GPL licence (or whatever), and one version under a commercial licence
where people can pay a fee in exchange for not beeing bound by the GPL
terms (release source code, licence result under GPL etc).
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