On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Rick Moen <r...@linuxmafia.com> wrote: > Quoting Grahame Grieve (grah...@healthintersections.com.au): > >> well, ok, but on what grounds would copyright not apply? > > I believe Larry was asserting his view that a software licence consists > solely of functional elements, and no expressive (artistic) elements (or > not enough that a judge would recognise copyright eligibility). > > That's a fundamental concept in USA copyright law; I have no idea how > many other jurisdictions have it.
Hmmm. This makes me wonder whether clever license terms would be patentable under US law. _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
