In <[email protected]>, on 01/11/2013
at 05:43 PM, Scott Ford <[email protected]> said:
>Isn't if you writes program for say IBM, doesn't that mean they own
>it...and I assume patent it, right ?
1. Ownership depends on the terms of employment.
2. They don't have to patent everything they own. In the case of
a program, copyright is more relevant.
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