unruh wrote:
On 2011-10-06, Yan Seiner <[email protected]> wrote:
Just came across this on /.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/06/1743226/civil-suit-filed-involving-the-time-zone-database
??????
It looks to me like a frivolous law suit, but I have not seen the
details. Facts cannot be copyright, just expressions of them. (eg
IBM vs Phoenix in the PC bios case).
Compilations cannot be copyright unless they contain some minimum of
creative work. (Just ordering the facts is not creative work ) (Telphone
book cases have established that).
Anyone can file suit. That does not mean that there is any validity to
the claims. Often it is a "pay us off, it is cheaper than going to
court even if you win". Unfortunately although blackmail is a criminal
offense, few jurisdictions are willing to go that route.
ref:
http://lwn.net/Articles/461955/
If I didn't missunderstand it is all about astrology software
and trying to litigate a "market cleanup" and maybe a bit of
ego warfare.
argh.
wonder when the first creative design proponents start to use
OSS software as mudd slinging ammunition.
uwe
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