[TUHS] SunOS 4.1.1?

John Cowan cowan at ccil.org
Wed Sep 26 01:37:25 AEST 2007


M. Warner Losh scripsit:

> Next, it is unlikely to qualify for copyright protection because
> there's not enough creative content in these files.  While they may be
> pedantically correct, their contents may not be creative enough to
> qualify for copyright protection.  The phone book doesn't qualify,
> even if it is correct, for example.  

True in the U.S., which uses the "originality" standard; false in the
U.K., which uses the "sweat of the brow" standard.

IANAL; TINLA.

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