On 12/11/05, Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > begin quoting Todd Walton as of Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 08:59:19AM -0800: > > I think you're right. But I also think that the government has > > invented some separate class of protection for their stuff. It may > > not be copyrighted, but it may still be illegal to use it at will. > > Or at least to take it and *sell* it back to the government.
I thought of another thing. Sometimes the government will commission a private party to assemble the data, and then the private party can copyright it, even though it was government sponsored. For example, building codes. > -Stewart "Isn't that our data that we're buying for $35 million?" Stremler With value added! I assure you! -todd -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
