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- From: Hartmut Pilch <phm@a2e.de>
- To: Gregory Aharonian <srctran@world.std.com>
- Cc: patents@aful.org
- Subject: Re: [Patents] Russell's contempt for the motivation of scientists and engineers
- Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 11:17:01 +0200 (CEST)
> But at least in light of American case law (which given recent global
> treaties is easily extendible around the world), if the aesthetic
> aspects of something pale in comparison to the functional aspects,
> as is the case with most of software, it isn't copyrightable.
So
aesthetic --> copyright
functional --> patents
?
Where do dictionaries and user manuals belong ?
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