Convert GPL to MPL

[Michael Poole]

Arnoud Engelfriet writes:

> Philippe Verdy wrote:
>> You wrote "Bob is ***THE*** owner of B". That's the important error that
>> breaks everything else you added. You are wrong. Bob does not own B!
>
> That depends on the jurisdiction. In many jurisdictions, Bob may well
> be the sole owner of the copyright on the derivative work B. He typically
> needs permission to *prepare* the derivative work, and as part of the
> permission Alice would impose restrictions on what Bob can do.
>
> If I translate Shakespeare into Dutch, I fully own that translation
> despite the fact that the English original is public domain. 

If the question were about translating the GPLed code into a different
language, in a way that required significant or creative effort, this
would be a good analogy.  The question isn't about that.

A more accurate analogy for the original poster's case would be that
he wants to include short stories by the first author in a collection,
but also include new short stories that use the same characters or
themes as the first author.  As long as the original short stories are
found in the compilation, the original author holds copyright on those
portions.

Michael Poole