Concepts are tricky things, usually it's just the
expression that's protected by copyright.
The screen designs -are- protected by copyright
though. If they truely copied your designs, you
-may- have a case to sue them if you wanted to take
that route. I would consult a laywer.
Otoh, a good letter to the producer of the clone
might be the right place to start.
--
-Richard M. Hartman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I recently decided to write programs for the Palm, and I am
> new to all this
> world of shareware development. Last december, after working
> very hard to
> learn the Palm OS programming techniques and nuts and bolds I
> finished my
> first program "Euro Exchange", and a more advanced version I named
> "CurrencyX".
>
> Very recently I was disheartened to see that someone "cloned"
> my program,
> copying the concepts and screen designs, releasing it as freeware.
>
> Writing programs for the palm has the main objective of practicing my
> programming skills, and having fun, even because the $5 / $8 for a
> registration would not make me a millionaire, it actually
> barely covers the
> development costs. However, that does not mean I would like to see my
> programs being cloned like that.
>
> Maybe some of you, more experienced developers and shareware
> authors could
> give some help with this.
>
> I would appreciate any kind of comments and suggestions.
>
