Re: good news for my PhD

[Anthony W. Youngman]

In message <address@hidden>, Graham Percival 
<address@hidden> writes
> I believe that source code is only un-copyrightable if it's done
> for a certain kinds of US government contract.  (there's some law
> about government materials being public domain, although that
> obviously doesn't apply to everything that the government funds
> indirectly)
> Granted, this case is confusing.

Being pedantic, but this most definitely is NOT true. Works created 
by/for the US government are subject to the Berne treaty, and are 
copyright. However, the US government is enjoined by US law from 
enforcing copyright. So you can use those works without fear of suit.

That's very different from Public Domain, and the US government could 
conceivably sue in a foreign (to the US) court.

Cheers,
Wol
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