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In article <66709@sgi.sgi.com> karsh@trifolium.esd.sgi.com (Bruce Karsh) writes:

   In article <58801@bbn.BBN.COM> pplacewa@bbn.com (Paul Placeway) writes:

   >On the other hand, "Look and Feel" is a recent, and not fully
   >established concept.  Further, it is not yet clear if there is any
   >protection for pure algorithms.

   It's new for software, but it's been in effect for other areas for a long
   time.  For instance, music copyrights.  Also, there is an analogue to
   look and feel protection in publishing.  You are not allowed to steal
   someone else's book by making simple changes to names, places, etc.  If
   you write substantially the same book, even if not one name is the same,
   you will infringe.

Arrrgh.  Comparing software "Look and Feel" with artistic look and feel
is simply invalid.  With artistic look and feel that is *all* there is.
However, software look and feel is besides the point.  The software has
a function that is independent of look and feel.

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