Re: Retypesetting Mathematics now on GitHub

2023-06-22 Thread Dave Kemper
On 6/2/23, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > If an equation is not copyrightable because it expresses a _fact_, then > it seems to be that one can obtain copyright protection in _false_ > equations. These would be analogous to the trap streets that map > publishers place in their works.[1] > > [1] htt

Re: Retypesetting Mathematics now on GitHub

2023-06-22 Thread Damian McGuckin
On Thu, 22 Jun 2023, Dave Kemper wrote: But I doubt it's that simple. It seems to me that an original equation that doesn't express any real-world phenomenon, if it's sufficiently nontrivial, could meet the threshold for an original work, and thus be copyrightable. (IANAL.) (A "false equat