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Article #1839Re: Software copyright procedure
From: andrew
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:47
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:47
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In article <1ilg5aINNd1m@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> isbell@cats.ucsc.edu (Art Isbell) writes: > > >Richard Stallman, if you're reading, you can press "n" now :-) > >My client would like information on exactly how to protect her NeXTSTEP app, >the source of which she plans to distribute to licensees, against copyright >violations (as opposed to copy protection). She remembers the Cobol world in >which the first and last 50 pages of code were submitted to the U.S. Copyright >Office - no kidding :-) > >I've been dutifully placing copyright notices in each Objective-C file header, >but doing the same for nibs, tiffs, dbmodels, etc. hasn't worked so well :-) >What's the proper procedure? I would talk to an attourney. It's really the only way to go. You still need to submit the first and last 50 pages of code if you file for copyright... I'll give you the name and number of a really great international patent and intellectual property attourney here in Houston who understands the technology if you want... andrew -- andrew@cubetech.com | "We cannot dwell in the time that is to come, Andrew Loewenstern | lest we lose our now for a phantom of our Cube Technologies, Inc. | own design." - Erendis 0000000701B61D1ADF0DFC9C16185CEA055200000007EB4A9FEB1922065D471A89E905B5
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!cubetech.com!imladris!andrew From: andrew@cubetech.com Subject: Re: Software copyright procedure Message-ID: <1993Jan11.034708.697@cubetech.com> Keywords: copyright Organization: Cube Technologies, Inc. References: <1ilg5aINNd1m@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> Distribution: usa Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:47:08 GMT Lines: 30