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From: dsmythe@cup.portal.com (dave l smythe)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc
Subject: Re: Standard argument #1
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Date: 18 Jun 89 22:04:59 GMT
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Sorry to ask a non-gcc question, but ...

Suppose you were to get a copyright on an expression of an idea, such as
a menu.  Is the expression the screen image or the code that implements it
or the design (assuming it's documented as part of the copyright process)?

In other words, could I make a menu that *looks* like the other menu, but
has been 'clean-roomed'  (I hate it when people "verb" things! :-) ?

Is this similar to the NEC vs. Intel suit (over the 80x86 instruction set, I
believe)?

If it is the screen image, how does this relate to non-copyright-ability of
fonts?

Dave Smythe
dsmythe@cup.portal.com