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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Copyrighting Icons
Message-ID: <2563@ttrdc.UUCP>
Date: 8 Apr 88 18:02:58 GMT
References: <24@imspw6.UUCP> <1522@dataio.Data-IO.COM>
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In article <1522@dataio.Data-IO.COM>, bright@Data-IO.COM (Walter Bright) writes:
> Ideas are not copyrightable, only implementations are.
> I prefer the older working definition of copyrights on software: The source
> code and the binaries are copyrightable, the behavior isn't.

I remember your reply to a user who proposed designing an Empire (your
Empire) lookalike.  You said that "look-and-feel" was now copyrightable.
Make up your mind as to what side you want your bread to be buttered on.
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