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Re: NEC Licence (Work of US Gov. Employees)



John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> quotes Title 17:
>      (b) The copyright in a compilation or derivative work extends only to
>      the material contributed by the author of such work, as distinguished
>      from the preexisting material employed in the work, and does not imply
>      any exclusive right in the preexisting material. The copyright in such
>      work is independent of, and does not affect or enlarge the scope,
>      duration, ownership, or subsistence of, any copyright protection in
>      the preexisting material.

But there is no copyright on U.S. Government issued materials, nor
on public domain materials, so this paragraph isn't really relevant.

-- 
Raul


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