Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!motcsd!mcdcup!mcdchg!ddsw1!infopls!hoffmann From: hoffmann@infopls.chi.il.us (Robert Hoffmann) Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal Subject: Re: Copyrighting software Message-ID: Date: 11 May 91 01:23:27 GMT References: <1991May8.150708.29420@cs.odu.edu> Organization: INFOPLUS support, Wheeling, IL Lines: 23 popkin@osric.cs.odu.edu (Brian N. Popkin) writes: > I have currently written a turbo pascal v6.0 program that I want to > copyright.. how should I go about this??? > > also is there any problems with this, becuase I used some turbo units > and functions, like dos, crt that are already copyrighted in my program?? Copyrighting a program is simple (enforcing it... that's another story). Just insert in your source and output a line stating: Copyright 1991 Brian N. Popkin (for example) And, in your source and output, to establish Borland's copyrights to the TP units, include this one: Some portions Copyright 1983, 1991 Borland International (exact text is in the Borland No-nonsense License Agreement) Rob -------------------------- hoffmann@infopls.chi.il.us