[178034] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [OT] Re: Intellectual Property in Network Design
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Fri Feb 13 10:28:55 2015
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From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:28:25 -0500
To: Skeeve Stevens <skeeve@eintellegonetworks.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Skeeve Stevens <
skeeve@eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 8:55 PM, William Waites <wwaites@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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