From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a7365ff3531de5f4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: controlnews3.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Right to use vs. sue (was: No call for Ada...) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:40:57 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PVV Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.241.82.81 X-Trace: orkan.itea.ntnu.no 1083336057 6185 129.241.82.81 (30 Apr 2004 14:40:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:40:57 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) Xref: controlnews3.google.com comp.lang.ada:134 Date: 2004-04-30T14:40:57+00:00 List-Id: On 2004-04-30, Marius Amado Alves wrote: > I don't think patents was the point. I know patenting ideas is problematic. > The issue is copyrighting source-code. I still fail to see why *that* is more > problematic than copyrighting, say, books. Hmm I seem to have gotten the wrong end of the stick here. Everything you do has your copyright so your source code is your copyright unles you have sign an agreement giving it to your employer or another party. -- Preben Randhol -------- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ () "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent" /\ - Isaac Asimov