Re: [Scheme-reports] Unclear word in license grant
John Cowan 24 Jul 2013 19:14 UTC
Kevin Wortman scripsit:
> IANAL but my understanding is that copy-pasting a text creates a derived
> work, but drafting a new text from scratch creates a non-derived work,
> even if the new text describes ideas that the authors learned from an
> old text. So perhaps the future R8RS editors could consider writing that
> report from scratch so that it can bear a Creative Commons license
> unequivocally.
Good luck with that project.
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