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Article #1242Re: Society's access to source code (was Re: KDE v. Gnome)
From: graywolf
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 00:00
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Bill Unruh (unruh@physics.ubc.ca) wrote:
: In <CGv2JQAhR7F2EwZs@dlsl.demon.co.uk> Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> writes:
:
: In all other realms in which copyright is applied, the copyrighted item
: is free and open for inspection by anyone else. It is not a secret.
: software companies triy to use both copyright and trade secret for the
: self same item-- hiding the source and trying to forbid reverse
: engineering, while still claiming copyright protection.
Actually, I believe that is the situation. To make a claim under
the Federal Copyright Act the item needs to be registared with two
copies on file at the Library of Congress. You own the copyright
even if not registared, but the Federal courts will not try the
case, so you can not enforce your copyright. And attempting to hold
the information as a Trade Secret voids the copyright claim.
DICLAIMER: I am not an attorney. The above is not offered as legal
advice.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public X-Google-Thread: f4bda,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public From: graywolf@graywolf.com (graywolf) Subject: Re: Society's access to source code (was Re: KDE v. Gnome) Date: 1998/10/08 Message-ID: <F0IyAs.EF7@graywolf.com> X-Deja-AN: 399171315 References: <qj78u6.mf.ln@wog.interlog.com> <p5sohihlrc.fsf@baynetworks.com> <Pine.SOL.3.91.980923105630.13773B-100000@howard> <slrn70ic1k.97.homer_j_simpson@donut.dhis.org> <6uc2pk$jh1$5@blue.hex.net> <873e9hret2.fsf@ivm.de> <6ufkfu$o96$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <87sohgzh44.fsf@ivm.de> <FWc39EA3TLD2Ewp3@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <6uipd0$oj8$1@winter.news.erols.com> <87zpbmkhdn.fsf@ivm.de> <kbCveHAOyWD2EwdN@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <Pine.SOL.3.91.980927140803.10597B-100000@howard> <m3af3knl8m.fsf@c26469-a.clnvl1.ct.home.com> <6up86o$t23$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <9nQpxDAYqKE2EwlY@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <6v0oet$avl$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <OHkl5KAObKF2EwIy@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <yq3ogrvc6kb.fsf_-_@nasrullah.tchden.org> <x7Yq2RA8iWF2Ewt$@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <F0ArHE.1M9@a2e.de> <CGv2JQAhR7F2EwZs@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <6v8oge$ej0$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> Followup-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss X-Trace: ralph.vnet.net 907888484 166.82.198.4 (Thu, 08 Oct 1998 19:14:44 EDT) Organization: Graywolf Consulting NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 19:14:44 EDT Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss