Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!i.newsfeed.yosemite.net!newsfeed.yosemite.net!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: And The Award For Most Legally-Encumbered =?UTF-8?B?4oCcSGVsbG8gV29ybGTigJ0=?= Program ... Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:07:16 +1200 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 5 Message-ID: References: <9b584a36-f160-4e01-8e2f-ca3f83f17ee4@x10g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> <5b0642c5-0634-4b8b-98fc-e9bfcbba1064@b42g2000yqi.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-86-36.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1307077636 6924 118.92.86.36 (3 Jun 2011 05:07:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 05:07:16 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.11 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4923 In message , Arved Sandstrom wrote: > "Original" for copyright means independent creative effort. Does that mean that databases can’t be copyrighted?