Brad Beyenhof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Well, even though it isn't an executable program (which is the >definition that, of course, first springs to mind when the word >"program" is used), a font is still "programmed" in terms of >determining the font characters' relationships to the baseline, >determining the exact curves used in the typeface, etc. It may bear >resemblance to "data" in that it just sits there in storage, but I can >see the court's point in labeling it a "program" in that it is a >manipulable and interactive presentation of information.
I can't see an inherent distinction between data and program code, it's solely in the current function. A compiler outputs data that something, often but not necessarily hardware, interprets as code. What about a Java compiled program? that's output data from javac and input data to JVM, but being executed makes it a program too.
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