<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I believe... Ideas and inventions are protected by patents.<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Feb 26, 2014, at 6:16 AM, Emil Uzelac <<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me">emil@uzelac.me</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p dir="ltr">Idea, concept is</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 26, 2014 7:56 AM, "Chip Bennett" <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">They can... what? even if you're using a blank "humans.txt"?<div><br></div><div>Filenames are not copyrightable.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">They can even if you are using blank humans.txt.</p><div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 26, 2014 7:49 AM, "Chip Bennett" <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Let me clarify that:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://Humanstxt.org">Humanstxt.org</a> can copyright *their* humans.txt file (insofar as it is copyrightable). They can copyright their humans.txt *standard*. But <a href="http://humanstxt.org" target="_blank">humanstxt.org</a> *cannot* copyright *your* humans.txt, because *you* wrote it, and *you* hold the copyright for a file that *you* wrote.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It's also not a derivative work, because you've not used anything copyrightable from their work. You're only using a certain *format*.</div><div><br></div><div>So: unless you're using *their* specific humans.txt, you should not have any license concerns regarding use of a file named "humans.txt".</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Chip Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net" target="_blank">chip@chipbennett.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I would argue that there is nothing *copywritable* about humans.txt - but you would need to consult a lawyer for that determination.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
FYI,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
Please note that humans.txt is not released under the GPL-Compatible license:</div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://twitter.com/humanstxt/status/438591310703099904" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/humanstxt/status/438591310703099904</a> We already approved</font><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">some Themes :)</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks,</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Emil</font></div></div>
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