The terminal velocities attainable by endpoint-constrained trajectories in the same homotopic class are proven to span a convex interval, so the planner merges contributions from individual homotopic classes to find the exact range of reachable velocities and times at the goal.
One contributor's unilateral intent that the other not own an interest in a work should not prevent finding a joint work, assuming appropriate contributions from both and the intent to merge their contributions.
It also noted "various indicia of the parties' intent, from the outset, to merge their contributions into a unitary whole, and not to construct and separately preserve discrete parts as independent works". Id.
Attribution is appreciated, but not necessary". 4) "Feel free to spread it far and wide, but remember you saw it here first". [FN179] If such language is construed to include intent for modifications, the expression of that intent could constitute either a license to make derivative works, or expression of intent for the author's contribution to merge with others' contributions.
[FN99] Had the court required only the parties' intent for her latest contributions to merge with the prior contributions of both parties, that standard would have been easily satisfied, since both parties expected additional versions of the syllabus (a paper reviewing past research on a given topic to be used as a handout at a lecture) to be prepared by one or the other of them.
The play at issue in Childress v. Taylor may well have constituted a sufficiently genuine collaborative product for joint work status, since both the playwright and actress intended their contributions to merge, and since the actress's contributions may have satisfied the applicable standard.
Section 101 defines a joint work simply as "a work prepared by two or more authors with the intention that their contributions be merged into inseparable or interdependent parts of a unitary whole". [FN66] Thus, the statutory language requires only that each contributor intend that her contribution merge into a whole work, [FN67] and does not specify what the nature of that contribution must be.
[FN173] An expectation that one's contribution to a listserv might well be modified by another list subscriber, together with the decision to make the contribution under those circumstances, could be construed as intent for the contributions to merge.
In sum, we have seen that serial collaborations are less likely to be found joint works under the courts' current requirement of intent to be joint authors, than under a requirement of intent for contributions to merge.
Consider here the impact of requiring, for creation of a joint work, on the one hand, intent for contributions to merge, and on the other hand, intent to be joint authors.
Thus, under these circumstances, requiring an intent for contributions to merge would permit the joint work outcome, whereas requiring an intent to be joint authors would probably preclude that result.
