On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Skeeve Stevens < ske...@eintellegonetworks.com> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 8:55 PM, William Waites <wwai...@tardis.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >> An engineer or architect in the usual setting, no matter how skilled, >> is not doing art because the whole activity is pre-conceived. Even a > > Excellent perspective...
Howdy, I have to disagree with you there. This particular ship sailed four decades ago when CONTU found computer software to be copyrightable and the subsequent legislation and litigation agreed. If a router configuration turns out not to be art, it isn't because the engineer had to follow practical rules to create it. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
