Re: More questions [from herc/390]
"somitcw" <[email protected]>
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--- In [email protected], "Jeffrey R. Broido" <[email protected]> wrote: - - - >As an example of this, I wrote a relatively minor piece >of code in 1984, a TSO CP called MAPXA, and contributed >it to the CBT tape. It had an embedded copyright notice >but I didn't bother to register the copyright and, in >any case, in 1984 I'm not certain that my registration >would have been accepted. A few years later, I found >my code, most of it byte-for-byte identical, embedded >in Boole & Babbage's product, RESOLVE, with my copyright >notice replaced with theirs. >I complained to them that among their staff was, >apparently, at least one pirate and they had the gall >to write me an official letter claiming to have written >the code from scratch in-house. As I hadn't registered >the copyright, I had no legal leg to stand on. >Bomber Proof that the code was on a 1984 CBT tape with a copyright should have been enough. It would cost you plenty to hire a mouth-piece ( I'm not one ), but you might have forced them to change the code slightly. Perhaps, they could add a couple of NOPs. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/dpFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: hercules-advocacy-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/