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[Bryan Cuneo <bryan.cuneo@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can't copyright facts/data but, as noted in The Register's article,
it's not really clear on what Astrolabe is claiming copyright on. (I'm
attaching a copy of their complaint if anyone wants to read it).
Whatever it is, it's stupid in my opinion. I suggest we get the EFF on
this and see what they can do.

On 10/07/2011 05:55 PM, Matt Tucci wrote:
>
>
> is it really an astrology software co?
>
> > Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 01:51:17 -0400
> > From: skellat@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: ubuntu-us-ohio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-us-ohio] Lawsuit over the tzdata package
> >
> > And now The Register has a bit more complete of a story on this:
> >
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/07/unix_time_zone_database_destroyed/
> >
> > Business doesn't innovate any more, only litigate it seems.
> >
> > SMK
> >
> > On 10/06/2011 09:47 PM, James Gifford wrote:
> > > Andrew, it's probably something with patent infringement - that's
> > > about the only thing people sue for in the software arena these days..
> > > Cheers,
> > > James Gifford
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Andrew
> Pullins<android2772@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> why are they getting sued?
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:35 PM, James
> Gifford<james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>> Only though I have is "wow".
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Stephen Michael Kellat
> > >>> <skellat@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>>> I caught wind of this today via Identica:
> > >>>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.time.tz/4133
> > >>>>
> > >>>> The discussion thread on Identica is here:
> > >>>> http://identi.ca/conversation/84414961
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Any thoughts out there?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> SMK
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
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