Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: O'Neill
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:00

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On 11 Oct 1998 23:47:38 -0700, tzs@halcyon.com (Tim Smith) wrote:

>M O'Neill <darrow@oneillaw.com> wrote:
>>Another thing to remember about copyrights and patents.  You only get
>>production by revealing your work.  You can't keep it a secret.  The
>>formula for coca cola is not patented or copyrighted for exactly that
>>reason.  Coke doesn't want anyone to know what it is.
>
>This is incorrect.  There is no requirement in U.S. copyright law, nor
>in the copyright law of most (if not all) other countries, that a work
>be published in order to be copyrighted.  You need to get a later copy
>of the Copyright Act than the 1909 copy you are evidently using. :-)
>
>--Tim Smith

You don't have to publish to have the protection, but if you register
your work (which you should do if you publish) you MUST supply a copy
of it.

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Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/10/12
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