In message <20090318154151.ga4...@nagi>, Graham Percival
<gra...@percival-music.ca> writes
I believe that source code is only un-copyrightable if it's done
for a certain kinds of US government contract. (there's some law
about government materials being public domain, although that
obviously doesn't apply to everything that the government funds
indirectly)
Granted, this case is confusing.
Being pedantic, but this most definitely is NOT true. Works created
by/for the US government are subject to the Berne treaty, and are
copyright. However, the US government is enjoined by US law from
enforcing copyright. So you can use those works without fear of suit.
That's very different from Public Domain, and the US government could
conceivably sue in a foreign (to the US) court.
Cheers,
Wol
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Anthony W. Youngman - anth...@thewolery.demon.co.uk
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