Re: Re: IETF/source code copyright status

From: J. Noble <jfnbl[_at_]earthlink.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:00:00 -0400


At 12:10 PM -0400 4/17/06, Lawrence Rosen wrote:
>It is in the area of industry standards that copyright becomes difficult to
>sustain. When we require everyone to follow the same specification (we
>*intend* conformance), we cannot lock up that idea, process, system, method
>of operation or concept under an almost permanent monopoly merely just
>because it is necessary to express it in specific words.

The merger doctrine comes to mind.

John Noble Received on Wed Apr 19 2006 - 01:00:00 GMT

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