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fLameDogg
 
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Default The Puerh Rosetta Page [OT]

"Tea" > wrote in
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> The term 'Rosetta' was not invented by SC, not unless he was in Egypt
> with Napoleon's armies. If he wasn't- and I suspect he was not,
> despite behavior that is reminiscent of senility- he was not one of
> those who translated the Rosetta Stone. The idea of translating one
> language into another while providing a symbol key is not
> copyrightable- that's public domain, and has been done for languages
> as diverse as ancient Egyptian and Mayan. The only thing that could be
> copyrighted would be the actual translation and definition text, and
> the title of the page. Nobody can keep anyone from using the concept
> of making a translation.


K. You might not be familiar with the SCO reference, but suffice it to say
it wouldn't make much sense if I was buying what SC is selling.

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