Copyrighting colours (was Re: [LINK] Oracle & Open Source

[Kim Holburn]

On 2006 Aug 04, at 3:43 PM, Kim Holburn wrote:
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There's something about that sentence in that copyright notice:

>> and the RGB color value: D7D7D7 are trademarks of Adequacy.org.

I just love it.    I'm just working out which colour I want to  
copyright - perhaps more than one!   A whole range?

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