In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James Hunkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>On Jan 16, 2006, at 4:18 AM, Tony Firshman wrote: >> ... and at what level does code become unique. >> As Marcel said, there is only _one_ way to set serial port baud >> rates on >> the QL. > >Luckily, one of the key points in patents is that patents can not be >done on something that is obvious. In other words, if there is only >one way to do something and anyone would be able to figure it out, it >can't be patented. I would suspect that copyright also goes along >this line. Something about it having to be completely original to >start with to be copyrightable. I don't know about patents, yet with copyright it only has to be an original work, not completely original. If the latter were true, then there would only be one detective novel, etc ... :-) -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
