Re: What makes software copyrightable anyway?
Michael K. Edwards wrote:
>On 5/12/05, Humberto Massa <humberto.massa@almg.gov.br> wrote:
>
>>Anyway, I was not talking about distributing the "working"
>>hello_world (if you are referring to the working set of it in RAM,
>>after loaded -- after all, this is the only thing that "performs"
>>when a file is dynalinked)
>
>Note also that all of the early precedents in the US with respect
>to run-time copyright infringement, unauthorized computer
>maintenance, etc. have been supplanted by 17 USC 117. Run-time
>copies are unreachable by copyright infringement claims in the US.
In Brasil we have a similar clause in our Computer Programs Law
(art.6,IV) that stipulates that any actions indispensable to make
(authorized) use of the program are non-infringing.
>
>Cheers,
>- Michael
>
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Cheers,
Massa
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