Is inherited class a derivative work?

[Rob Myers]

on 24/10/01 1:44 pm, Michael Beck at mbeck1 at compuserve.com wrote:

>I don't know, but if had a super-cool grid class,
>I certainly would like the copyright to protect me from anyone
>buying my grid, creating a subclass, and then marketing it against
>me.

Unless they distribute your code without negotiating a deal with you (which
is piracy), people will still need to buy your class in order to use the
oo-derived class. So this would drive sales of your work and increase your
profits rather than reduce them.

- Rob.

-- 
Rob Myers         http://www.robmyers.org/
"I never made a painting as a work of art.
 It's all research" - Picasso.

--
license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3