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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13423 --- Comment #34 from Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net> 2011-08-19 17:45:22 UTC --- Just to ensure we're all clear on copyright and patents, following is a rather good description of the differences between the two: "Copyright protects original works of authorship, while a patent protects inventions or discoveries. Ideas and discoveries are not protected by the copyright law, although the way in which they are expressed may be." I'm not a lawyer, but this tells me that a free to use copyright on Aryeh's text only covers the text, not the idea. We can copy the text, but this doesn't cover implementation. If we implement the idea, then we're running into potential patent problems. This is from the US Copyright Office[1]. I imagine the same or something similar applies in other countries. That's why the location of the document matters. [1] http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html -- Configure bugmail: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug.
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