Hyman Rosen wrote: > > On 3/23/2010 5:20 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote: > > if the [programs unprotected underlying] process is embodied > > inextricably in the line-by-line instructions of the computer > > program, then the process merges with the expression and precludes > > copyright protection. > > Every computer program in the world, BusyBox included, > exceeds the originality standards required by copyright > law.
Read http://gozips.uakron.edu/~dratler/2009copyright/materials/lexmark.htm silly Hyman. http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/article.asp?articleid=49278 "United States: Court Rejects Copyright Protection For Computer Program Found Lacking Originality" regards, alexander. P.S. "I'm insufficiently motivated to go set up a GNU/Linux system so that I can do the builds." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' P.P.S. "Of course correlation implies causation! Without this fundamental principle, no science would ever make any progress." Hyman Rosen <hyro...@mail.com> The Silliest GPL 'Advocate' -- http://gng.z505.com/index.htm (GNG is a derecursive recursive derecursion which pwns GNU since it can be infinitely looped as GNGNGNGNG...NGNGNG... and can be said backwards too, whereas GNU cannot.) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
