[off-band] Re: FYI: Next draft of MySQL FLOSS license exception

[John Cowan]

Alexander Terekhov scripsit:

> The copyright law does NOT 
> establish exclusive right to "combine" works. FSF's 
> theory of derivative works (just like the sort of 
> "FSF-inspired" SCO's theory of derivative works) is 
> total crap. 

If you truly believe that, you can make a lot of money publishing
books that contain reprints of stories and articles from magazines
without paying royalties to the authors of those stories and articles.

Send us an email from the honor farm.

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