Re: Source Code Secrecy

["Mike A. Harris" <mharris@ican.net>]

On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Eric M. Bennett wrote:

>>>In a book, your protecting the ideas embodied in the words.
>>
>>Not true at all. Copyright applies only to an expression of
>>an idea, not the idea itself.
>
>And if this weren't the case, Microsoft could copyright the idea that
>Microsoft is bad, and then nobody could write about it legally.  :-o

Eric, I'm sorry, but I must demand payment of $1000 immediately
for your usage of the term "Microsoft is bad".  I own the
copyright on that term currently, and I charge $1000 royalty per
use.

;o)


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