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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-18 21:44:36
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A footnote to explain compilation (computing) vs. compilation (copyright).

I wouldn't have thought this would be necessary, until years ago when a
lawyer on the now defunct open-bar list tried to claim that because the same
word, "compilation", was used to describe the process of converting source to
binaries and aggregating works into an anthology that they automatically mean
the same thing.

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 Under copyright law, binary representations of the software are simply
 derivative works of the source code.  Applying a systematic process (i.e.,
 ``compilation'') to a work of source code yields binary code. The binary
 ``compilation''\footnote{``Compilation'' in this context refers to the
   automated computing process of converting source code into binaries.  It
   has absolutely nothing to do with the term ``compilation'' in copyright statues.}) to a work of source code yields binary code. The binary
 code is now a new work of expression fixed in the tangible medium of
 electronic file storage.

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