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Re: Mime types for system and portable files
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John Darrington |
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Re: Mime types for system and portable files |
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Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:01:29 +0900 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 03:32:10PM -0300, Michel Boaventura wrote:
Is .sav a copyrighted format? If so, can we register this file type on
freedesktop?
A 'format' isn't something that can be copyrighted. Copyright covers
creative works. It doesn't extend to ideas. So whilst the document
which specifies the format can be copyrighted, the format itself
cannot be.
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