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From: mark@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Copyright Violations - how can software people do this
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Date: Sun, 1-Apr-84 19:44:54 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr  1 19:44:54 1984
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Since the new U.S. copyright law, there is no contradiction at all
between trade secret and copyright protections.  The new law (which
took affect in the mid-seventies, revised '81 or so), permits
copyright of UNPUBLISHED works.  The one remaining problem is that
copyright registration requires depositing a copy at the library of congress.
However, for software they only need the first and last 20 pages.
So if your code is large you can put the private stuff in the middle
and you are all set.

But note that registration is not a prerequisite to copyright.
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