On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 07:41 PM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: >> If I understand correctly, the language, CFM, can not (or can no >> longer) be copyrighted -- only implementations of the language. (I >> don't necessarily agree with this, but apparently that's the way is >> is). > Can you give a source for this? I'd like to know why CFML can't be > copywrited. >
I am no lawyer, but, once it has been published without a copyright, I think it is in the public domain -- that's why BD can do an implementation. >> What I am concerned with is that the language gets bastardized by many >> people doing different dialects. > So they should stick to the official version. The one put out by MM. In > this, BD is in the wrong. They want to claim to be a CF parser but the > second they add in their own functionality then they're something else. But they don't have to -- and there is the problem > >> Look at JavaScript/JScript --->ECMAScript for precedent (or browsers, >> or OSes, yadda, yadda, yadda) > ECMAScript that's not implimented on most browsers, that's still not > standardized across browsers and is just a name with no juice? That > ECMAScript? > >> I guess you could say that the only way for MM to prevent someone >> (bigger) from stealing the language -- is to give it away -- to the >> public domain. > Or sue. Or ask nicely for the others to play by the language rules. > Old IBM saying --- squeeze a behemoth, you get covered with behemoth shit! -- even the US Govt. can't/won't beat M$. >> Vince rang a bell, that can't be unrung! > Of course it can. Who said he had the right to ring it. I'd love to > hear > what a copywrite lawyer has to say here. Me too -- I am on your side Dick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
