BALDWIN@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU ("Robert W. Baldwin") (03/19/86)
According to the recent posting, a copyright grants the author exclusive rights over the reproduction of derivative works (i.e., screen plays from novels). Does this cover translating a program from one programming language to another? At the risk of openning a can of worms, I will also ask whether it matters if the translation is done by a person or a program. The program could be a compiler or it could be a converter from Pascal to C. -------
sirbu@CMU-EE-GAUSS.ARPA (Marvin Sirbu) (03/19/86)
Yes, the original program author has rights over translated versions. See the column on this subject in the March issue of IEEE Communications Magazine.