Qt/Embedded

[Ben Tilly]

David Johnson wrote:
>
>On Friday 17 November 2000 01:20 am, kmself at ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> > The idea is that, if a program is a work, and if (as the courts have
> > held, in Mai v. Peak) a program in memory meets the fixed and tangible
> > requirements of copyright law, and is therefore a copy under copyright
> > law, then a program linked to a library at runtime is a derivative work.
>
>I've heard this before, but I've always dismissed it as hearsay. I will 
>have
>to look up Mai v Peak. The implications of this are mind-boggling! Does
>Stephen King have rights to my brain because I've read his books and 
>they're
>now in my memory?

Yes. :-)

And if your brain, influenced by Mr. King puts out a work
that looks like something he wrote, he can sue you for it!

Cheers,
Ben

PS IANAL and I partly wrote that just to tease you. :-)
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