[SunRescue] RE: Sun part number info request...

[Bill Bradford]

They could copyright their exact description of a board, but they
couldnt copyright the knowledge that a 501-xxxx is a "cg6" for
example...

Bill

On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 05:09:09PM +0100, Dave Reader wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:
> 
> > I'd love to get this information in a DB-readable format - I am
> > thinking of a WAP-based application that will return info on Sun part
> > numbers supplied from cell phones...
> 
> does anyone know what potential copyright, or other, issues might arise
> from part number databases?
> 
> i know that there's a lot of lists around anyway, but is there any way
> that a manufacturer might rightly claim that you do not have the right to
> say what a 501-1234 is, or might be?
> 
> this is assuming that such a list/database is compiled from freely
> available information and knowledge .. 
> 
> dave.
> 
> 
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