Re: License issues with md5deep

MJ Ray <mjrphonecoop.coop> writes:

> Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spambenfinney.id.au> wrote:
> > Anything in the public domain can, merely by
redistributing with
> > some trivial amount of creative work, gain a new
copyright holder.
> 
> To be clear: that new copyright holder only holds
copyright over their
> creative work, not the original, right?

Yes, that's right. The redistributed work gains a new
copyright held
by the new author, *and* the original work is still
available for
anyone from the public domain.

-- 
        "I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking
that if they left |
  `      earlier they wouldn't have to go so fast." 
-- Steven Wright |
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Ben Finney


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