JavaScout

JavaScout

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I see most replies looking at it from packaged software. No matter what protection software receives it will not suddenly make old software 'public domain' after a certain number of years. Do not confuse copyright law and patent law with end user agreements and the terms that you agree to when you buy a software package. Copyright law deals with copying. It basically says if you create something then you have some rights to what y

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Just though I would add a follow on. Writing code is very like writing music and writing a novel. Code is an expression of an idea and should be covered by copyright. While I disagree with the recent changes to the copyright law I still think it gives protection to all softare developers both big and small. Patents are a monopoly on an novel idea. You get the right to the idea for a fixed period of time. They are suppose to help spread ideas because you must publish the details

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Applying Patents to software is not the way to go. This would give control of all software to a few companies who has been filling patent on Software. Imagine giving a patent to Mills and Bone for a romance novel. No one else can ever write a romance novel without paying them. Write an article on joeuser about your love life. Sorry pay Mills and Bone 1cent per word. Copyright law is the way to protect software. You can argue about the recent changes

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I am going to try my hand at blogging. Its new to me and I have a few idea's on things I can write about. First I will give a little background on myself. I am a programming by profession. Currenlty I work on developing and supporting a web application framework written in java. My main hobby is playing MMORG games. Ok thats i

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