RE: [Unattended] OT: Spyware, Adware, and other annoying software installation pre vention, no-spyware.bat and no-spyware-update.bat

[DeLisle, S. \(GE Infrastructure\) <Set...@ge...>]

Hello,

Please excuse my nitpicking . . .

I strongly endorse this statement by Patrick:

> But ethically, even if not legally, we should respect the
> authors' intentions.  It would be wrong to use that .reg file in
> anything other than a non-commercial, personal environment.

But I think this statement is incorrect:

> Sure, it's just a bunch of registry settings.  But a book is just a
> bunch of words, and real-time stock quotes are just a bunch of
> numbers...  I cannot think of any reason why this work would not be
> covered by copyright.

This page has some information on copyright limitations:
http://www.fplc.edu/tfield/copynet.htm#lim

The relevent line is:
"only expression is protected, not facts or ideas."

That's why people say that lists are not generally copyrightable.  The =
way I understand
it, if list items are expressive (if it is possible to restate them in =
your own words)
then the list is copyrightable.  Probably not the case for a .reg.

> Overall, I am inclined to make this a FAQ entry with a link to their
> site, rather than bundle a script.

Here, here!

Seth de l'Isle=20