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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: George William Herbert's Challenge - Part 2 (opening arguments)
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In article <1kn91jINNn26@CS.UTK.EDU> moore@cs.utk.edu writes:
>I must have misunderstood you. You quoted _Numerical recipies in C_ as
>follows:
>
>> "Copyright does not protect ideas, but only the expression of those
>> ideas in a particular form. In the case of a computer program, the
>> ideas consist of the programs's methodology and algorithm, including
>> the sequence of processes adopted by the programmer. The expression
>> ideas is the program source code and it's derived object code.
>
>...and then later stated...
>
>> Sentence two accurately represents "ownership" under current case law,
>> "methodology, algorithms, and sequence of processes". To translate the
>> methodology, algorithms, and sequence of processes into any other form
>> does not change the ownership. This means between puesdo code, english,
>> C, or any other languague - human or machine readable.
>
>...but as I understand the first quotation, it appears to state that
>copyright law *does not apply* to the ideas (consisting of
>"methodology, algorithms, and sequence of processes" as described in
>the first quotation) but only to the *expression* of those ideas (e.g.
>the actual source code).
>
>What am I missing?
Show your work! (I did! 8-) 8-) 8-)).
Terry Lambert
terry@icarus.weber.edu
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