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The first time the GPL mentions "derivative work" is in paragraph 0, in the phrase "derivative work under copyright law", which would suggest that they are not
by gizmo686 12y ago
The first time the GPL mentions "derivative work" is in paragraph 0, in the phrase "derivative work under copyright law", which would suggest that they are not redefining it. However, it immidietly goes on to say:
"that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion of it, either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another language"
I'm not entirely sure what to do with this.
- zanny 12y agoIt means the definition under copyright in addition to translations and modified versions. Different countries have different copyright definitions, and the translation of a work is not always the same CC.