Author: Walter Faxon
Date: 13:35:22 02/02/06
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On February 02, 2006 at 13:20:18, J. Wesley Cleveland wrote: >On February 01, 2006 at 23:21:14, Yakov Konoval wrote: > >>On February 01, 2006 at 20:52:47, Greg Simpson wrote: >> >>>The access code is certainly subject to copyright, since there are many ways to >>>express the ideas. It is not so clear for the data files. Perhaps the encoding >>>method could make them subject to copyright, or it might be patented. I think >>>the uncompressed files would not be copyrightable, the same way raw address >>>lists aren't. I'm still not a lawyer. >> >>IMO, it's absolutely clear for the data files, even uncompressed. >>Using them without author's permission is illegal. >> >>And I'm not a lawyer too :-) >> >>YK > >If I write my own code and generate my own EGTBs, but I use the same methods to >reduce redundency, would I have the right to sell them even if the uncompressed >files are byte for byte identical ? > >Also not a lawyer. If it's your work you can sell it. Copyright has to do with copying. But as the test proctor says, "Be prepared to show your work." -W:)ter (also not)
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