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Originally Posted by Jellby
I'm not saying you don't. According to UK legislation, for instance, you may claim copyright for the typographical arrangement (which expires 25 years after publication). |
Very true. EU copyright law does indeed have the concept of typographical copyright (but the layout has to be innovative and creative to quality for it), but it's worth noting that US copyright law does not.
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But the text, even if you changed the spelling, remains public domain, and anyone can use it.
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And that is precisely what's been said here. The actual text remains in the public domain regardless of what changes the editor has made to the spelling, punctuation, etc.