Joe Eugene wrote: > >>But..I suppose I was wrong. Is it not possible to 'copyright' a >>programming language itself? > > > Can you copyright some tags you wrote in ColdFusion.. Yes i think so.. even > some developers sell their tags Developer Exchange etc..
Copyright protects against verbatim copies of original work, it does not disallow somebody to make a different original work that functions/looks/feels identically. That is what patents are for. > Now... I dont think you can copyright the any Java Code.. you wrote to make > a tag or function work... in that case.. i dont think copyright is an issue. All the Java Code you write is automatically copyrighted. Nobody is allowed to copy and distribute it without the permission of the owner. However, if your Java Code implements a CompressByFactorMillion interface, everybody is allowed to write his own implementation of that interface. But if your implementation uses a certain algorith for that compression (such as throw away everything except every milliont byte), you can patent that algorithm. That would disallow people to use that algorithm even when they use C instead of Java. Macromedia probably does not have copyright on CFML. They do have copyright on their implementation (CF MX), the documentation, the specification etc. They might even have a patent on small things like certain compiler optimizations, or big things like on the concept of a tag based language for HTML preprocessing. IANAL, Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
