20 Oct
1999
20 Oct
'99
12:09 p.m.
Eric wrote:
>Anyhow, the point is that if DEC copyrighted
something in 1964, it
>IS still covered now, and the copyright belongs to Compaq unless it's
>been sold to someone else.
To which I replied:
True, but in this case I think we're talking about
copying the circuit, and
not the patent on the PCB artwork. And that's what is covered by a
patent, if anything.
Oops! I got at least three things wrong in those two sentences.
Let's try it again:
True, but in this case we're talking about copying the circuit, and
not about an exact copy of the PCB artwork. The artwork might be covered
by a copyright, but the circuit is protected by a patent, and that's
expired by now.
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