On Mar 28, 2005, at 2:23 AM, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
Most of a finkinfo file is just a statement of facts, and is nearly entirely determined by technical requirements. Those parts are most likely not copyrightable at all. No worries there, then.
What about an almanac? A news broadcast? An encyclopedia? These are all mere collections of facts. Are you trying to tell me that these cannot be copyrighted?
The scripts, if of suffient length and creativity might be. (Ones that just invoke install probably aren't. Just another collection of facts.)
The definition of copyright is not based on length nor creativity. Who is going to be the judge of whether your work is "creative" or of "sufficient length"? Is a movie based on a Shakespeare play not "creative" enough to be copyrighted? Is a seven-word poem copyrightable but a six-word one is not?
Bottom line: Any original work of authorship in a tangible form of expression is copyrightable. Thus, .info files are copyrightable.
Trevor
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