On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Skeeve Stevens < skeeve@eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:
On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 8:55 PM, William Waites <wwaites@tardis.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
An engineer or architect in the usual setting, no matter how skilled, is not doing art because the whole activity is pre-conceived. Even a
Excellent perspective...
Howdy, I have to disagree with you there. This particular ship sailed four decades ago when CONTU found computer software to be copyrightable and the subsequent legislation and litigation agreed. If a router configuration turns out not to be art, it isn't because the engineer had to follow practical rules to create it. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>