Quoting David Woolley (for...@david-woolley.me.uk): > Rather worrying and rather relevant to this, thread, an American > company is suing the (American) individual who maintains the > timezone data used in Linux and other open source and proprietary > software, for alleged infringement of their copyright on the > historic timezone data, which they allege that he has copied from > their publication and has attributed that publication as source.
Nothing in the blue-sky, vague notions[1] discussed upthread could possibly avert utterly baseless ab-initio civil litigation by a deluded plaintiff for non-existent infringement of non-existent copyrights supposedly committed by fully credited reuse of strictly functional facts over the 30-year period. Because filing requires only a fee, a half-baked idea, and some paperwork. So, prevention is out. Deterrence on the other hand exists: Rule 11(b), Federal Rules of Evidence. http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/Rule11.htm I hope defence in this case files immediately for sanctions under Rule 11(b). [1] My opinion, yours for a small fee and a modest patent indemnity. -- Rick Moen "So as not to offend readers, use r...@linuxmafia.com 'the N-word' instead of 'Nebraska'." McQ! (4x80) -- FakeAPStylebook _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
