Using of parse tree externally

[Richard Kenner]

    And the law says [1]

     A ''derivative work'' is a work based upon one or more 
    preexisting works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, 
    dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound 
    recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any 
    other form in which a work may be recast, transformed, or 
    adapted. A work consisting of editorial revisions, annotations, 
    elaborations, or other modifications which, as a whole, represent 
    an original work of authorship, is a ''derivative work''.

Sigh ...

That's what the *statute* says!  To know what the *law* says, you'd have to
look up the hundred of cases on the topic.