Re: no need to keep non-copylefted files that way in a copylefted project. (was Re: FRR package in Debian violates the GPL licence)
On Thu, 21 Mar 2019, Giacomo Tesio wrote:
What you say is: I could replace the "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone" with another novel under the same name "Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone" and with the same characters (data structures,
enums...) and places (functions, macros...) AND and a compatible plot
that wouldn't completely change the meaning of the following Rowling's
books WITHOUT complying with Rowling copyright.
The structure and the plot of a (non-trivial) novel is subject to
copyright. Similarly, the architecture or structure of a computer
programme may be subject to copyright (in England, and places that may
pay some heed to reasoning in judgements there; e.g, Ibcos .. v Barclays
1994). Copying these can infringe copyright - without /any/ literal
copying, without any explicit referencing.
regards,
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