Re: Recommendation for a CL data structures library

[Hyman Rosen]

On 3/25/2010 12:00 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> An anthology is "mere aggregation" of literary works.
> ...
> Think of shipping a pile of e-books in own file. That's what static
> linking is as far as copyright is concerned because relocation and
> symbol resolution are irrelevant details regarding copyright.

No, both of these statements are wrong. See 17 USC 101
<http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#101>
    A “collective work” is a work, such as a periodical issue,
    anthology, or encyclopedia, in which a number of contributions,
    constituting separate and independent works in themselves, are
    assembled into a collective whole.

    A “compilation” is a work formed by the collection and assembling
    of preexisting materials or of data that are selected, coordinated,
    or arranged in such a way that the resulting work as a whole
    constitutes an original work of authorship. The term “compilation”
    includes collective works.