GPLv3 anti-DRM clause

Posted Oct 5, 2008 6:07 UTC (Sun) by rickmoen (subscriber, #6943)
In reply to: GPLv3 anti-DRM clause by drag
Parent article: Plugging into GCC

"drag" wrote:

'Derived Work' is a very specific legal term that is codified in the USA's copyright law.

I'll admit that this is a minor faux pas, and feel bad about seeming to pick on you specifically, but I've noticed that computerists perpetuate any number of characteristic errors about law through merely quoting each other and not bothering to learn about actual law. In this case, I'm referring to your phrase 'derived work'. The actual phrase used in (at minimum) US and Canadian copyright law, which can be found in section 101 of United State Code title 17 (the Copyright Act) is 'derivative work'.

Rick Moen
rick@linuxmafia.com