[FYI] DANGEROUS LIAISONS – SOFTWARE COMBINATIONS AS DERIVATIVE WORKS?

[Alexander Terekhov]

http://www.usfca.edu/law/determann/softwarecombinations060403.pdf

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PRELIMINARY DRAFT 2006/4/3 – FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Accepted for Publication in Issue 21:4 (Fall 2006) of the
BERKELEY TECHNOLOGY LAW JOURNAL

DANGEROUS LIAISONS – SOFTWARE COMBINATIONS AS DERIVATIVE WORKS?

Distribution, Installation and Execution of Linked Programs under 
Copyright Law, Commercial Licenses and the GPL

By Lothar Determann

Prof. Dr. Lothar Determann teaches courses on Computer and Internet 
law at the University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), 
University of San Francisco School of Law and Freie Universität Berlin
(www.lothar.determann.name) and practices law as a partner in the 
international technology practice group of Baker & McKenzie LLP, San 
Francisco/Palo Alto office (www.bakernet.com). The author is grateful 
for assistance from his students, in particular Tal Lavian, Principal 
Scientist at Nortel Labs (valuable comments from computer science 
perspective), Steven B. Toeniskoetter, Lars F. Brauer, and Neda 
Shabahang (legal research and footnote editing).
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regards,
alexander.