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From: wheels@mks.UUCP (Gerry Wheeler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: SEA & I'm not happy!
Message-ID: <506@mks.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 88 15:46:41 GMT
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In article <1988Sep13.185106.14193@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, sarathy@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Rajiv Sarathy) writes:
> How would YOU like it if YOU wrote a new program which revolutionalizes the
> way people think about computers, and everyone else started copying you?

Didn't I hear once about some form of protection (copyright, trademark,
or something) which had limited duration? This would let the inventor
have x years to launch the product, make his big bucks and get his name
plastered all over the place, but after that time others would have a
chance to share the pie. 

Did I just dream about this, or is it real? Does it apply to this type
of situation? Would it be a good idea?
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