Re: Question About GNU General Public License

[Rui Miguel Seabra]

On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 18:36 +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> David Kastrup wrote:
> [...]
> > ruling stating that extracted symbol tables would not fall under the
> > original copyright.
> 
> I'm tired of you. Interoperability aside for a moment, names, 
> titles, short phrases, and mnemonics are not copyrightable, 
> "even if such expressions are novel, distinctive, or lend 
> themselves to a play on words. Similarly, a mere listing of 
> ingredients or contents is not copyrightable. See 37 C.F.R. 
> 202.1(a)."
> 
> http://www.ipmall.info/hosted_resources/CopyrightCompendium/chapter_0300.asp
> (BTW, don't miss the definition of "derivative computer program")

You mean, the one that supports what David and I have been saying?

I don't get it.

Rui

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