Re: Re: Copyright status of early Internet RFCs

Lawrence Rosen wrote:
> Some technical works can be freely copied regardless of copyright claims;
> licenses aren't always needed.
>

This seems a bit odd to me in a world where computer code is copyrightable. I read section 102(b) to focus on ideas, not their expression, and the original post was about reproducing the RFC's in their entirety. Can you give examples of technical works that are considered exempted by 102(b)?

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