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Linux-2.6.33-libre releasedLinux-2.6.33-libre releasedPosted Mar 3, 2010 0:35 UTC (Wed) by BenHutchings (subscriber, #37955)In reply to: Linux-2.6.33-libre released by lxoliva Parent article: Linux-2.6.33-libre released
The only cases in which I know I removed “reverse-engineered” lists of registers were cases in which they had been copied literally (through mmio dumps) from non-Free drivers, and included without permission from the copyright holder. Whatever makes you think these are copyrightable?
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How to tell whether an incomprehensible stream of bits is copyrightable Posted Mar 3, 2010 6:24 UTC (Wed) by lxoliva (subscriber, #40702) [Link]
I can't tell without having the faintest idea of what it is, or at least of how much creative work went into it. Do you have any tips to share in this regard?
In general, if something is very regular, I take it as non-creative and thus not copyrightable, but if it's sufficiently random that it could be code with creativity involved, it wouldn't be responsible to say it's GPLed unless whoever came up with it says so.
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