Package: discover-data Debian package author: Branden Robinson Current Maintainers: David Nusinow , Gaudenz Steinlin , Joshua Kwan , Petter Reinholdtsen , Debian Install System Team The contents of this package that are not in the debian/ subdirectory are simple compilations of data and are therefore not copyrightable in the United States (c.f. _Feist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service Company, Inc., 499 U.S. 340 (1991)_). _Feist_ holds that: Article I, s 8, cl. 8, of the Constitution mandates originality as a prerequisite for copyright protection. The constitutional requirement necessitates independent creation plus a modicum of creativity. Since facts do not owe their origin to an act of authorship, they are not original and, thus, are not copyrightable. Although a compilation of facts may possess the requisite originality because the author typically chooses which facts to include, in what order to place them, and how to arrange the data so that readers may use them effectively, copyright protection extends only to those components of the work that are original to the author, not to the facts themselves. This fact/expression dichotomy severely limits the scope of protection in fact-based works. Therefore, the hardware information lists that comprise the "meat" of this package enjoy no copyright protection and are thus in the public domain. Note, however, that a number of trademarks may be referenced in the hardware lists (names of vendors and products). Their usage does not imply a challenge to any such status, and all trademarks, service marks, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The remainder of this package is copyrighted and licensed as follows: Copyright (C) 2001 Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. Written by Branden Robinson discover-data is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. discover-data is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with discover-data; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. On Debian systems, a copy of the GNU General Public License is available in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL as part of the base-files package.