[OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design

William Herrin bill at herrin.us
Fri Feb 13 15:28:25 UTC 2015


On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Skeeve Stevens <
skeeve at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 8:55 PM, William Waites <wwaites at tardis.ed.ac.uk>
wrote:
>> An engineer or architect in the usual setting, no matter how skilled,
>> is not doing art because the whole activity is pre-conceived. Even a
>
> Excellent perspective...

Howdy,

I have to disagree with you there. This particular ship sailed four decades
ago when CONTU found computer software to be copyrightable and the
subsequent legislation and litigation agreed. If a router configuration
turns out not to be art, it isn't because the engineer had to follow
practical rules to create it.

Regards,
Bill Herrin




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