Plagiarism is not copyright violation. To understand the difference, think about whether you could hand in a copy of Shakespeare's Othello for an English paper at school. While the work isn't copyright-protected, that would be plagiarism.
I'm simply stating that a recipe cannot be copyright protected.
Actually, recipes are just instructions and are therefore not eligible for copyright in the United States. Though that doesn't make "the internet" public domain.
OpenHatch is pretty sweet, but it is fairly unknown at present. I've had only one bite and it didn't materialize into any help at all. I'm hopeful the project will expand into a useful resource for both potential contributors and the projects, but right now, it isn't so great.
In many European (read: sane) countries, it would be unquestionably illegal. Sadly, there's no comparable consumer protection in the US that I'm aware of. Nor in Canada.
No, actually. Wikileaks has blown the whistle on themselves in the past. Their donor registry was compromised and leaked back to them - they published it.
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No, you misunderstand what I mean. We agree :)
Plagiarism is not copyright violation. To understand the difference, think about whether you could hand in a copy of Shakespeare's Othello for an English paper at school. While the work isn't copyright-protected, that would be plagiarism.
I'm simply stating that a recipe cannot be copyright protected.
Actually, recipes are just instructions and are therefore not eligible for copyright in the United States. Though that doesn't make "the internet" public domain.
This is precisely what openhatch.org is for.
OpenHatch is pretty sweet, but it is fairly unknown at present. I've had only one bite and it didn't materialize into any help at all. I'm hopeful the project will expand into a useful resource for both potential contributors and the projects, but right now, it isn't so great.
Given that their website looks approximately as professional as your average spam site, they should probably re-think their IT strategy.
I wonder how ASCAP feels about the US federal government work being public domain. That's *a lot* of material, all for free.
In many European (read: sane) countries, it would be unquestionably illegal. Sadly, there's no comparable consumer protection in the US that I'm aware of. Nor in Canada.
Carl Sagan is spinning in his grave.
No, actually. Wikileaks has blown the whistle on themselves in the past. Their donor registry was compromised and leaked back to them - they published it.
Even if some brain-dead bureaucrat grants the patent - I can't imagine one easier to defeat. Thank goodness for EFF!