diff --git a/content/getting-started/licensing.md b/content/getting-started/licensing.md index 4a4cd23..0a76570 100644 --- a/content/getting-started/licensing.md +++ b/content/getting-started/licensing.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ or the permission to use patents encoded in a program. The international validity of most common licenses is guaranteed by copyright law, and in particular by the [Copyright Treaty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIPO_Copyright_Treaty) of the United Nations' (UN) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) adopted in 1996. This treaty sets a common denominator for all adhering countries, but individual countries can still extend domestically -the reach of copyright. Article 4 of the Copyright Treaty clarified once for all that computer programs are +the reach of copyright. Article 4 of the Copyright Treaty clarified once and for all that computer programs are protected by copyright just as literary works. Unfortunately, however, copyright law does not protect hardware objects.