Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 15:10:47 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000514150847.5152J-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <391E27DD.320D4BBF@mail.ptd.net>
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That's compilation copyright. A collection of x, where x is not copyrightable (or even is copywrit by somebody else) is as an entity copyright protected for the compiler. There are lot's of different kinds of things falling under copyright. On Sun, 14 May 2000, Thomas M. Sommers wrote: > Anatoly Vorobey wrote: > > > > On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 07:28:27PM -0500, G. Adam Stanislav wrote: > > > At 02:30 14-05-2000 +0000, Anatoly Vorobey wrote: > > > >Chess games cannot be copyrighted. > > > > > > A chess player does not create anything. > > > > You are sadly mistaken. It's clearly no use to debate this further, > > however, since you seem to be firmly set in your prejudices. > > > > Next, consider crossword puzzles. They can't be copyrighted. They > > are a result of hard work. > > Do you have a citation in support of this proposition? I have certainly > seen copyright notices on collections of puzzles. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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