Please note that they modified the page several times while I was involved
in this discussion. That specific comment was about an old revision.
However, the current version of the site still has a problem: while the
HouFUG copyright notice could be in reference to the page and not the
article,
Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
Dennis Olvany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
The concept of a fact obviously may not be copyrighted because it is
merely a concept. Barring descriptive literary devices, the facts may be
copied at will in their expressed form. A photo, being a descriptive
device, is cop
On 6/19/06, Christopher Weldon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Brett wrote:
> Obviously, you have never spent days trying out a relatively
> undocumented procedure, finally getting it right, and then decided to
> help others out by writing a howto documen
What does this entire thread have to do with freebsd user groups? Just
because the allege copyright infringement is against such a group,
doesn't mean everyone else has to hear about it. Please remove it from
future CC's. Thanks.
Regards,
Frank
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Brett wrote:
> Obviously, you have never spent days trying out a relatively
> undocumented procedure, finally getting it right, and then decided to
> help others out by writing a howto document. I am perfectly happy
> that Ingrid decided to host this
On 6/19/06, Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Its interesting that the same types of people who
whine incessently about things like open source
will get all worked up about a "copyright" on
some stupid how-to "article".
You know what they say; if its not worth money,
you might as well get
On Sunday 18 June 2006 19:49, David Hoffman wrote:
> * *It appears the page at
> http://www.houfug.org/help/install_freebsd.htmconstitutes a serious
> breach of copyright. The article, which was
> originally written and posted to the Internet by the owner of the account
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], is fal
Dennis Olvany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The concept of a fact obviously may not be copyrighted because it is
> merely a concept. Barring descriptive literary devices, the facts may be
> copied at will in their expressed form. A photo, being a descriptive
> device, is copyrightable. Consideri
--- David Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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,
facts are not eligible for copyright.
plain facts are not copyrightable, as you point out, their expression
certainly is.
The concept of a fact obviously may not be copyrighted because it is
merely a concept. Barring descriptive literary devices, the facts may be
copied at will in their exp
Dennis Olvany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I had a look at http://www.houfug.org/help/install_freebsd.htm and I am
> afraid that you will find this article is not eligible for copyright. It
> constitutes neither an artistic nor literary work. The article conveys
> only facts and facts are not elig
"David Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It'll certainly be less confusing that what HouFUG is publishing. They've
> now noted on their site that it was written by you. However, they STILL
> claim they own the copyright.
No, they claim a copyright for their site, which is perfectly valid -
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