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From: mpr@mb2c.UUCP (Mark Reina)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: Protection of ideas?
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Date: Tue, 21-Aug-84 09:04:52 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 21 09:04:52 1984
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It is true that the copyright and patent laws do not protect
ideas or mathematical algorithms.  It is also true that trade
secret laws have application on software products.
One thing to note on copyrighting a software product:  the copyright
office only requires that you submit the first 20 pages or
both the first and last 15 pages of a software product.