Sean Kellogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 19 March 2008 03:10:07 pm Francesco Poli wrote: > > I don't think that copyright laws give you the right to control > > distribution of "Scripts", that is to say, works written in your > > programming language. > [...] > There's even the question of how someone goes about learning the language... > presumably by example (that's how I've learned most other languages). Can I > create a work that is not derivative of those examples and thus under the > preview of copyright law? > > This would have made a fun topic to write about in law school :)
Sure. I suspect there's quite a bit of case law about it, including some generated by the loglan/lojban disputes, where 'JCB claimed copyright to the language (any use of Loglan had to be approved by him)' Source: http://arj.nvg.org/lojban/why-i-like.html I'm suspicious of any language where the definer is the first implementer and hasn't renounced all claim to works in that language. They look like lawyerbombs to me because I don't know any better. Is that a good thing to have when trying to promote your new language? Regards, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
