On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 09:42:56AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
Adrian Colomitchi <acolomitchi@gmail.com> writes:
But any other works derived from the said documentation that are used *for other purposes* won't be restricted by copyright law, no matter the license under which the original documentation is published.
That seems flatly false. Copyright applies (or does not apply) to a work regardless of the purpose the recipient has for it. If you receive a work under the FDL, it applies whether you want to use it as documentation or music or a program or whatever.
No it's not - or at least it certainly isn't always the case. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/07/23/0115242/copyright-drama-reaches-... Reading through the discussion there, the general consensus seems to be that the copyright of 3D designs do not extend to the use of 3D-printed objects. Thinking about it logically, it would be quite silly if it were true. Imagine the problems it would impose - may not be able to use my own mug to drink from because I don't comply with the license of the design, etc. I'm sure there would be other examples outside of 3D printing where the original copyright would not apply to works outside of the original scope.