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From: timothyb@pnet01.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Was something else, now: Cloning
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Date: Tue, 2-Jun-87 19:36:33 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  2 19:36:33 1987
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>This would make the writers of a well known 1-2-3 clone for the Amiga very
>unhappy.

Then I'm sure this could very well ruin their day. I was watching a computer
news show on the local public television station, and they were discussing a
recent court decision concerning software 'cloning'. I forget the specific
software that was ruled on, but the CrossTalk clone Mirror (for the IBM) was
mentioned.) Basically, the court ruled that a program 'screen' can be
copyrighted. Any clone of a software package could not use and identical
screen (like Mirror only with a different name at the top), EVEN if none of
the original code was copied. 

Timothy B. Burleson
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