04-09-2011, 08:50 AM
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Freeform rocketry advocate.
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Claremont, CA "The intellectual capitol of the world."-WSJ
Posts: 3,780
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Quote:
Originally Posted by David Schultz
The city of Arlington Texas has adopted the 2003 version of the International Fire Code by the International Code Council "by reference" which means that the code writing organization claims copyright on the code. Therefore the city has only made available the amendments to this code on their web site.
This claim of copyright has recently been tested in federal court and the court has held that the law cannot be copyrighted. So once the code is adopted, even if only by reference, it loses copyright protection. The model code organizations are screaming bloody murder over this but I have no sympathy.
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As I said once the code is adopted it can be republished on a website so one can see what code to follow, or is being ignored by the very folks who drafted it.
Jerry
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