TY - JOUR T1 - How is Copyright Relevant to Source Data and Source Code? JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2008 A1 - Joseph Potvin AB - One of the essentials of a healthy and democratic economy is that the rules of engagement should be understandable to people whose interests are affected by them. There are two aspects of copyright law to which all software and database professionals ought to be familiar, but usually are not. First, they should know that factual data listed in an obvious structure is not covered by copyright law, no matter how much work went into collecting it. Second, they should know that under the Canadian Copyright Act, programming code is considered to be a "literary work". This article outlines how copyright is related to source data and source code, and why this is important to both technical and business professionals in the field. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/121 IS - February 2008 U1 - GOSLING Joseph Potvin is an economist who has worked in public, private, academic and community organizations in several countries, with degrees from McGill (Canada) and Cambridge (UK). ER -