Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!pasteur!ames!nrl-cmf!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: is there copyright on CURSES ? Message-ID: <7369@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: 28 Feb 88 01:50:20 GMT References: <452@sbsvax.UUCP> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) ) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 9 Keywords: CURSES curses law legal copyright In article <452@sbsvax.UUCP> greim@sbsvax.UUCP (Michael Greim) writes: >The core of CURRY is CURSES all right, but I made changes in almost >every routine. And I kept some stuff just to be a little bit compatible ... This is really a question of "trade secret", not of copyright. Since you based your implementation on detailed knowledge of a trade secret, you're supposed to be bound by the terms of the agreement you (or your installation) signed regarding such trade secrets. Sorry..