timothyb@pnet01.UUCP (06/03/87)
>This would make the writers of a well known 1-2-3 clone for the Amiga very >unhappy. Then I'm sure this could very well ruin their day. I was watching a computer news show on the local public television station, and they were discussing a recent court decision concerning software 'cloning'. I forget the specific software that was ruled on, but the CrossTalk clone Mirror (for the IBM) was mentioned.) Basically, the court ruled that a program 'screen' can be copyrighted. Any clone of a software package could not use and identical screen (like Mirror only with a different name at the top), EVEN if none of the original code was copied. Timothy B. Burleson {akgua,hplabs!hp-sdd,sdcsvax}!crash!pnet01!timothyb I love Commodore and I don't care who knows it.