On Friday 14 March 2008 17:29:47 Craig James wrote: > Christoph Steinbeck wrote: > > I thought I'd bring this up on the Blue Obelisk list. While legally > > probably in a grey zone, it is still interesting in terms of integrity > > and respect for the achievements of others: > > > > A company called InfoCom, located in Arizona, advertises a product > > called iBioTech , which by all evidence is identical with Bioclipse. > > They say their iBioTech product has a plugin for chemoinformatics call > > “bc_cdk� (surprise :-)) and one called “bc_jmol� for 3D > > visualization. > > > > Read more at > > http://www.steinbeck-molecular.de/steinblog/ > > I am not a lawyer, but I'm quite sure if there is no license, then the > material is automatically copyrighted under United States and international > law, and nobody but the author(s) can distribute it. You don't have to put > in license or copyright notices -- copyright is the default. Correct. But Bioclipse carries a licence, doesn't it. The question would be if "their" product does so as well. Couldn't we just email Apple? The call it iBioTech after all, and I am sure Apple would blow them away... > > If the situation is as you describe (no notices), then it's not a "gray > zone" at all. > > Craig
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