From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c872c1d538a5b255 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-16 18:57:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamfinder.gnilink.net!nwrddc01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C9406ED.2060006@mail.com> From: Hyman Rosen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020311 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Copyright, Licensing etc. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 02:57:07 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 162.83.248.253 X-Complaints-To: business-support@verizon.com X-Trace: nwrddc01.gnilink.net 1016333827 162.83.248.253 (Sat, 16 Mar 2002 21:57:07 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 21:57:07 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21351 Date: 2002-03-17T02:57:07+00:00 List-Id: sk wrote: > 1) That I do not "offend" the original author This is nice, but strictly unnecessary under the GPL. > 2) That I do not infringe upon the original copyright and > licensing. > 3) That I properly cover any loop-holes and keep the > derivation within the same GPL license. Simple enough - just distribute under the GPL! > Do I in fact have any copyrights to the derivation ? Under US law, yes. As a translator, you have copyright to the translated work. The original author *also* has copyright to the translated work, so in order to distribute it, you would need permission from him. The GPL gives you this permission. You are doing exactly what the GPL was designed to permit, and by releasing the work under the GPL, the original author has given you permission to do this. Go forth bravely!