From: cowan@ccil.org (John Cowan)
Subject: [TUHS] SunOS 4.1.1?
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:37:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070925153725.GA26549@mercury.ccil.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070925.083819.163264799.imp@bsdimp.com>
M. Warner Losh scripsit:
> Next, it is unlikely to qualify for copyright protection because
> there's not enough creative content in these files. While they may be
> pedantically correct, their contents may not be creative enough to
> qualify for copyright protection. The phone book doesn't qualify,
> even if it is correct, for example.
True in the U.S., which uses the "originality" standard; false in the
U.K., which uses the "sweat of the brow" standard.
IANAL; TINLA.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-25 15:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2007-09-20 13:48 ` Andrew Warkentin
2007-09-20 17:22 ` asbesto
2007-09-21 14:44 ` Tim Bradshaw
2007-09-21 14:58 ` John Cowan
2007-09-21 16:41 ` asbesto
2007-09-21 16:46 ` John Cowan
2007-09-21 17:22 ` asbesto
2007-09-21 17:29 ` M. Warner Losh
2007-09-21 19:11 ` asbesto
2007-09-21 17:23 ` Seth Morabito
2007-09-21 17:47 ` Brantley Coile
2007-09-21 16:48 ` Tim Bradshaw
2007-09-21 17:12 ` John Cowan
2007-09-21 17:14 ` M. Warner Losh
2007-09-21 17:30 ` Brantley Coile
2007-09-21 18:24 ` M. Warner Losh
2007-09-21 20:58 ` Bill Pechter
2007-09-22 9:32 ` Wesley Parish
2007-09-25 1:52 ` John Cowan
2007-09-25 14:06 ` Jose R. Valverde
2007-09-25 14:38 ` M. Warner Losh
2007-09-25 15:37 ` John Cowan [this message]
2007-09-25 15:41 Jose R. Valverde
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2007-09-20 2:20 Larry McVoy
2007-09-20 7:58 ` asbesto
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