RobinZ comments on Deception and Self-Doubt - Less Wrong

8 Post author: Psychohistorian 11 March 2010 02:39AM

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Comment author: RobinZ 11 March 2010 02:43:29PM *  2 points [-]

You're right - according to this PDF on copyright.gov, the requirement is that

a derivative work must be different enough from the original to be regarded as a new work or must contain a substantial amount of new material. Making minor changes or additions of little substance to a preexisting work will not qualify the work as a new version for copyright purposes.

Edit: Outside the US, of course, the rules may vary.