On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM, geni <geni...@gmail.com> wrote: > In the case of the US we can consider the constitutional basis of > copyright "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by > securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive > Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." So there is no > reason why a scientific work with no artistic element wouldn't be > protected by copyright.
The reason is that they are protected by patent. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea%E2%80%93expression_divide _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
