In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On this page ... > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html > > Under: "Public domain software" ... > > Is this statement: > > --- [ begin quote ] --- > Under the Berne Convention, which most countries have signed, anything > written down is automatically copyrighted. This includes programs. That statement is not quite correct. For example, I wrote down a grocery list the other day, and it did not automatically become copyrighted, as it is not sufficiently original to be eligible for copyright protection. A better statement would be that a work that is eligible for copyright protection becomes copyrighted as soon as it is written down. -- --Tim Smith _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
