Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lsuc.UUCP Path: utzoo!lsuc!dave From: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: copyright status of dynamic loading code Message-ID: <398@lsuc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 13:40:48 EST Article-I.D.: lsuc.398 Posted: Wed Feb 13 13:40:48 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 14:18:41 EST References: <8045@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman) Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 16 In article <8045@brl-tgr.ARPA> Ron Nataliewrites: + Berkeley may object, but not legally. There is nothing that prohibits + you from using algorithms from copyright code in other projects without + regard to the copyright... Don't be so sure. AT&T UNIX sources are protected by trade-secret rather than copyright. Trade secret protection will apply to algorithms where copyright will only apply to the expression of the algorithm in the code. Dave Sherman (yep, I'm a lawyer, even if my specialty is tax...) The Law Society of Upper Canada Toronto -- {utzoo pesnta nrcaero utcs}!lsuc!dave {allegra decvax ihnp4 linus}!utcsrgv!lsuc!dave