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<dd>A work that is a compilation of existing new and derivative works.

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The fundamental concept is that there is primacy of the copyright, that

is a copyright of a derivative work does not affect the rights held be

is a copyright of a derivative work does not affect the rights held by

the owner of the copyright of the original work, rather only the part

added. Likewise the copyright of a compilation does not affect the rights

of the owner of the included works, only the compilation as an entity.

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Because copyright arises from the creation of a work and not the text

or a registration process, removing or altering a copyright notice or

associated release terms has no bearing on the existance of the copyright,

associated release terms has no bearing on the existence of the copyright,

rather all that is accomplished to whatever rights the person making the

modifications had to use the material in the first place. Likewise, adding

terms and conditions in conflict with the original terms and conditions

does not supercede them, rather it casts doubts on the rights of the person

does not supersede them, rather it casts doubts on the rights of the person

making the amendments to use the material and creates confusion as to

whether anyone can use amended version or derivatives thereof.

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While AT&T holds the copyrights to much "unix" code and documentation,

OpenBSD is based largely on Berkeley (BSD) distributions that contain only

material known to be free of AT&T copyrights, or material to which

AT&T has abandoned it's copyright or included licensing terms similar

AT&T has abandoned its copyright or included licensing terms similar

to the Berkeley terms. No material subject to restrictive AT&T

copyrights can be included in OpenBSD.

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