On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Roozbeh Pournader wrote: > On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 09:53, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > > I just want to note that simply putting an online dictionary > > service on the web does not need any permission from the > > copyright holder of the dictionary data. > > I can neither confirm or deny that. It *depends*. What if someone puts > the whole "linux.words" file through your web service and extracts all > the information? Will you not be a party to the copyright infringement?
What if someone borrows the dictionary from the library and then makes a complete photocopy? Is the library a party of the copyright infringement? behdad > IANAL either, but my amateur legal advice is "I don't know". You should > ask a lawyer if you are going to do that. > > roozbeh _______________________________________________ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing