On Jun 14, 2007, Matt Keenan <[email protected]> wrote: > Alexandre Oliva wrote: >> Err, no. Software, per legal definitions in Brazil, US and elsewhere, >> require some physical support. That's the hard disk in the TiVO DVR, >> in this case. I don't see how this matters, though. > I'm now intrigued, where are these (Brazilian and US) definitions > stipulated, and under what authority? http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccIVIL_03/LEIS/L9609.htm LEI Nº 9.609 , DE 19 DE FEVEREIRO DE 1998. Art. 1º Programa de computador é a expressão de um conjunto organizado de instruções em linguagem natural ou codificada, contida em suporte ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ físico de qualquer natureza, de emprego necessário em máquinas ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ automáticas de tratamento da informação, dispositivos, instrumentos ou equipamentos periféricos, baseados em técnica digital ou análoga, para fazê-los funcionar de modo e para fins determinados. -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org} - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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