[theme-reviewers] humans.txt

[Chip Bennett]

They can... what? even if you're using a blank "humans.txt"?

Filenames are not copyrightable.


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:

> They can even if you are using blank humans.txt.
> On Feb 26, 2014 7:49 AM, "Chip Bennett" <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
>
>> Let me clarify that:
>>
>> Humanstxt.org can copyright *their* humans.txt file (insofar as it is
>> copyrightable). They can copyright their humans.txt *standard*. But
>> humanstxt.org *cannot* copyright *your* humans.txt, because *you* wrote
>> it, and *you* hold the copyright for a file that *you* wrote.
>>
>> It's also not a derivative work, because you've not used anything
>> copyrightable from their work. You're only using a certain *format*.
>>
>> So: unless you're using *their* specific humans.txt, you should not have
>> any license concerns regarding use of a file named "humans.txt".
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>
>>> I would argue that there is nothing *copywritable* about humans.txt -
>>> but you would need to consult a lawyer for that determination.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>>
>>>> FYI,
>>>>
>>>> Please note that humans.txt is not released under the GPL-Compatible
>>>> license:
>>>> https://twitter.com/humanstxt/status/438591310703099904 We already
>>>> approved
>>>> some Themes :)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Emil
>>>>
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