First, I love your projects and the work you do as superflex. I have one concern though. To my understanding basic recipes cannot be copyrighted. The following is a segment from US Copyright office:

“Mere listings of ingredients as in recipes, formulas, compounds or prescriptions are not subject to copyright protection. However, where a recipe or formula is accompanied by substantial literary expression in the form of an explanation or directions, or when there is a combination of recipes, as in a cookbook, there may be a basis for copyright protection.”
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl122.html

Maybe the international standard is different, but from a basic search I can’t find any conclusive information about recipes under TRIPS.

My question is: if recipes are not subjected to copyrights, aren’t all recipes “FREE” by nature? Is it even possible to put a creative commons license on a recipe? If so, isn’t your project doing a disservice to the circulation of free culture since it implies that recipes are subjected to copyrights?

For instance, it is well know that coca cola keeps its recipe very protected from public circulation. Isn’t that because if it did come out, anyone could technically make the same product without breaching copyright laws? The name and design of the package are subjected to copyrights and TMs, but the recipe?

I am not a law specialist, but I am concerned about this. Is there anyone that know the legal framework for all this?

Best,

jrm grnd

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