> Writing all those definitions in the dictionary requires > creativity, so you get copyright on the dictionary.
>It is about as creative as listing phone numbers and names This is a very odd view. Have you ever tried producing good definitions for words? Yes, I do it each day, it is called naming functions. >I don't have any references, but I seem to recall that only the >"presentation" of a dictionary can be copyrighted I would not advise putting any faith in this claim. It wasn't a claim. If it were true, you would easily be able to find the definitions from, say, the OED freely available online, which is not the case. The OED is a bit more than a list of word and definitions. There are also other things in the OED that can actually be copyrighted. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
