lauren@rand-unix.arpa (01/01/86)
I believe that the definition of a "published" work in this context is something that you intend to distribute without license agreements or other similar contractual arrangements. Non-published works are materials that you may make available under licensing or some other contractual basis. Of course, both published and non-published works may be copyrighted, and/or other protections, such as trade secrets, may also apply. Most commercial computer software, including Unix, DBASE, etc. would probably be defined as non-published under the above definition. (I am not a laywer--just my lay understanding of the issue.) --Lauren--
dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (01/09/86)
In article <1154@brl-tgr.ARPA> lauren@rand-unix.arpa writes: >I believe that the definition of a "published" work in this context is >something that you intend to distribute without license agreements or other >similar contractual arrangements. I don't have the Copyright Act in front of me, but I'm almost certain the definition of "published" provided therein has nothing to do with licensing, although I vaguely remember reading something (in some copyright guide) that works distributed under trade-secret agreements are not considered published. It's my recollection that publishing has to do with availability to a large class of people. Drat. Guess I'll have to go look this up... -- D Gary Grady Duke U Comp Center, Durham, NC 27706 (919) 684-3695 USENET: {seismo,decvax,ihnp4,akgua,etc.}!mcnc!ecsvax!dgary