On Wed, 26 Jul 1995, Russell Ross wrote:
I wasn't aware that you could copyright an algorithm. Patent, yes, but not copyright. Intellectual property meens secret, right? Aren't there any precendence cases involving propriety schemes that are reverse engineered? I know there have been, I just can't remember what they are.
There was one a few years back with a special chip in Nintendo cartridges that you needed to buy from them... it was against a company called Atari (no, not THAT atari (i think)), and was decided in Atari's favor. Hope that helps... Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jon Lasser <jlasser@rwd.goucher.edu> (410) 494-3253 Visit my home page at http://www.goucher.edu/~jlasser/ You have a friend at the NSA: Big Brother is watching. Finger for PGP key.