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Re: Software copyright procedure

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From: andrew
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:47
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In article <1ilg5aINNd1m@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> isbell@cats.ucsc.edu (Art Isbell) writes:
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>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
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Subject: Re: Software copyright procedure
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