Hello, Please excuse my nitpicking . . .
I strongly endorse this statement by Patrick: > But ethically, even if not legally, we should respect the > authors' intentions. It would be wrong to use that .reg file in > anything other than a non-commercial, personal environment. But I think this statement is incorrect: > Sure, it's just a bunch of registry settings. But a book is just a > bunch of words, and real-time stock quotes are just a bunch of > numbers... I cannot think of any reason why this work would not be > covered by copyright. This page has some information on copyright limitations: http://www.fplc.edu/tfield/copynet.htm#lim The relevent line is: "only expression is protected, not facts or ideas." That's why people say that lists are not generally copyrightable. The way I understand it, if list items are expressive (if it is possible to restate them in your own words) then the list is copyrightable. Probably not the case for a .reg. > Overall, I am inclined to make this a FAQ entry with a link to their > site, rather than bundle a script. Here, here! Seth de l'Isle ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id149&alloc_id�66&op=click _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
