=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/www/policy.html,v retrieving revision 1.9 retrieving revision 1.10 diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10 --- www/policy.html 1998/06/19 15:06:54 1.9 +++ www/policy.html 1998/11/17 01:10:30 1.10 @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
A work that is a compilation of existing new and derivative works. 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. @@ -114,11 +114,11 @@

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.

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ 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.

@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
OpenBSD www@openbsd.org -
$OpenBSD: policy.html,v 1.9 1998/06/19 15:06:54 pauls Exp $ +
$OpenBSD: policy.html,v 1.10 1998/11/17 01:10:30 espie Exp $