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On 02/20/2012 08:54 PM, Russ Nelson wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Richard Fontana writes:
> appears that CC0 did not originally contemplate application to
> software when it was introduced.
Then why does it address patents? What cultural works get patented other than software?</pre>
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My colleagues at Pixar and its predecessor laboratory were called as
prior-art witness in two lawsuits regarding technological means of
producing fine art. We won the 1996 suit defending Adobe Photoshop,
and essentially killed the patent. But we lost the earlier suit
defending Spaceward Graphics and their "Matisse" system, and that
company was destroyed.<br>
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Consider the sort of artwork that has a CC license assigned to it.
It's often technologically innovative. Many examples include
embedded computer systems. Arduino, after all, was made for <i>artists.
</i>Sure, these works can be infringing of process, machine, and
formulation patents.<br>
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Thanks<br>
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Bruce<br>
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