Copyrighting trivial code

[Jay Jaeckel]

In article <2490 at sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>, nobody at sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Unprivileged user) writes:

>>  [  Regarding the copyright notice on an otherwise one-line program  ]

> No.  If there is only a countable number of ways to state something, it is
> not copyrightable.  Expressions such as "Baby on Board" are generally not
> copyrightable.  For such expressions, it appears that the fuzzy line of
> demarcation is around one sentence.
> 
> 	Stan Tomlinson

Even worse -- A co-worker of mine has a roll of little round adhesive
stickers for marking master copies of things.  Each sticker has the
word "MASTER" on it and a copyright symbol.

-- J.J.