[ILUG] The old CD thread again {RHEL this time}

[Paul Jakma]

On Fri, 2 Sep 2005, Rick Moen wrote:

> The term "collective work" actually refers to a codebase (or other 
> creative work) with multiple authors, where legal ownership is 
> construed in a particular fashion denoted by that particular bit of 
> jargon.

[snip]

> But none of that is relevant to "an ISO", which is _not_ a 
> collective work, because it is not a single codebase.  It is a 
> multitide of codebases that all happen to be on a CD.

Rick.. this is the *Irish* Linux users group.

I've little idea about US copyright law, however over here it's 
called an "original database". The following applies:

 	http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA28Y2000S17.html

 	http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA28Y2000S2.html

"database" seems an odd term, so I've used the terms "collective 
work" and also (i think) "aggregate work". Apologies if those terms 
didn't quite translate to your jurisdiction. ;)

regards,
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