pci.ids license

Donnie Berkholz spyderous at gentoo.org
Tue Sep 13 19:28:12 PDT 2005


Adam Jackson wrote:
> It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to copyright the PCI ID list, since it's 
> a list of facts, and facts in principle aren't subject to copyright.

But a compilation of facts is. There have been cases involving phone 
books, which are simply collections of facts as well.



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