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I could be wrong, but aren't these items would be covered automatically under a general copyright?
by g42gregory 11y ago
I could be wrong, but aren't these items would be covered automatically under a general copyright?
- delinka 11y agoCopyright law specifies who owns (and therefore who controls) a 'work.' In the case of software, it does not specify licensing terms. (As opposed to lyrics, musical composition, musical recordings ... which do have compulsory licensing terms specified in law.) Neither the output of computer software, nor the ideas themselves within software, are protected by copyright. Not providing attribution is simply douchey.