I think the distinction here is that while the facts themselves are not open to copyright, the actual statement of them is. Therefore I can write a book explaining that "2 + 2 = 4, that is if you take two apples and two oranges and put them in a bushel, you have four pieces of fruit in the bushel" and copyright it. If you were to use this passage from that book then you infringe on my copyright, however if you simply state that 2 + 2 = 4 then you do not.
Of course I understand that there are some branches of mathematics and philosophy that might argue that 2 + 2 = 4 is not fact... but I digress. (c) Matt McDonald -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Hoffman Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 8:41 PM To: Dennis Olvany Cc: Ingrid Kast Fuller; thisdayislong; freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: Serious breach of copyright -- First post ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jun 18, 2006 10:27 PM Subject: Re: Serious breach of copyright -- First post To: Dennis Olvany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> While your mocking post is certainly intended to bolster your point, it instead bolsters mine. There are MANY books on mathematics that describe only facts yet hold perfectly valid copyrights. Please refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright . On 6/18/06, Dennis Olvany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Hoffman wrote: > > Update: their website now attributes copyright to both HouFUG AND > Brett. > > This is despite the fact that Brett seems to be the sole owner of the > work. > > I'm not sure why this community feels it can disregard rights to > > intellectual property, especially when it produces so much on its OWN to > be > > proud of. Why steal other people's stuff? > > howto add > > 1. two > 2. plus two > 3. equals four > > (c) David Hoffman > _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
