Fw: What is Copyleft?

[Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.]

> Imagine I have two novels.
>
> On page 100 of Novel A, there is an instruction:  Open up Novel B, turn to
> Chapter 7.  When finished, come back to this point and continue reading.
>
> As the reader, (the processor in this analogy) I follow these
instructions.
> My "thread of execution" takes me from Page 100 in Novel A, to Chapter 7
of
> Novel B, and back to page 100 of Novel A again.
>
> Are Novel A and B now a derivative work?
>
> Ryan

A derivative work of what? each other? The short answer is No. (BTW, in the
context of copyright, one ought not view source code as an instruction to a
computer. Remember, it's speech). :-)

Rod