Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 12:32:51 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: Rob <drifter@stratos.nospam.net>, mph@astro.caltech.edu, bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Dictionary Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903031230040.61236-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net> In-Reply-To: <199903031635.LAA05177@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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I think what he meant is web2a contains only words, not definitions. So in theory, all non trademarked or whatever words can be reproduced. (just the words, not definitions) Correct me if I'm wrong, I have no idea what the hell I'm talking about, and I'm glad I'm not a lawyer. ------------------------------------ _____________________________________ Patrick Seal |"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make <patseal@hyperhost.net> | really crappy operating systems." Hyperhost - http://www.hyperhost.net| -Linus Torvalds hosting and Design http://www.freebsd.org - http://www.linux.org On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Crist J. Clark wrote: > Rob wrote, > > This might sound like a stupid question, but how is it possible > > to "copyright" a dictionary? I(c) mean(c), they(c) don't(c) own(c) > > the(c) words(c), do they? > > At the very least, it would seem that Webster's would be hard- > > pressed to prove that somebody "stole" their word list. > > So I could make photocopies Websters and go sell them on the corner, > and you would see no problem with that? Greg Lehey's book on FreeBSD > must not be copyrighted because he does not own FreeBSD. Likewise and > book on history, science, etc., basically any work on non-fiction must > not be copyrighted. > > Compilation of those words represents many man-years of > labor. Websters or any other entity has the right to protect that hard > work from plagiarism. > > As for the last point, taking the moral highground, I see, "I know it > is wrong, but I cannot be caught, so it is OK." But wait, there is the > ol' urban legend that dictionaries put in bogus entries just to be > able to catch copyright infringments. > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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