Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 08:01:12 -0500 From: Gene Stark <gene@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu> To: fw.ast.com!uhclem%nemesis@sbstark.cs.sunysb.edu (Frank Durda IV) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf.c and USL copyright at top Message-ID: <199512211301.IAA27582@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu> In-Reply-To: fw.ast.com!uhclem%nemesis@sbstark.cs.sunysb.edu's message of Wed, 20 Dec 95 11:59 WET References: <4ba07r$opl@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu>
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>According to the lawyers at two major corporations I have worked at, >if you have changed more than 12% of the functional code, it's yours. >(Changing variable names and comments don't count.) "It's yours" just means you can add your own copyright to it, not delete the original one, right? I have trouble believing that simply by changing 12% of something, you erase its status as a "derived work" and then can delete the original copyright. - Gene Stark
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