Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Tim Smith
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 00:00

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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

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From: tzs@halcyon.com (Tim Smith)
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/10/11
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