- From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 19:32:05 +0100
- To: Lofton Henderson <lofton@rockynet.com>
- Cc: www-qa@w3.org
* Lofton Henderson wrote:
>>No right to create modifications or derivatives of W3C documents is
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>granted pursuant to this license. However, if additional requirements
>>(documented in the Copyright FAQ) are satisfied, the right to create
>>modifications or derivatives is sometimes granted by the W3C to
>>individuals complying with those requirements.
>
>I think a profile is certainly a derivative work of its base standard -- it
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>defines a subset of the base standard. Is it a derivative in the sense of
>the Document License? I don't know. One would hope that the Copyright FAQ
>[2] would say something like "Profiles are okay, as long as they clearly
>distinguished themselves from the base REC." But no. The section on
>Annotation (5.8) flirts with the topic, but doesn't deal with it head on.
The document licence deals with the documentation, not with what is
documented, don't you think?
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